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The Short Version: Single moms can sometimes feel like pariahs in the dating world because they don’t know how to find love while taking care of their families. Fortunately, the Dallas Single Mom blog is there to tell single mothers they aren’t alone. If you’re grappling with dating insecurities, parenting questions, money problems, or other everyday issues, you can turn to Teia Collier and her blog to get empathetic advice from women like you. Dallas Single Mom supports over 14,000 monthly readers with down-to-earth date ideas, fashion tips, and other heartfelt takeaways on how to start again and build healthy relationships.

For most women, a goodbye kiss after a date isn’t a big deal. For Hide-and-Seek Dating Mom, it was the start of a huge family meltdown. She wrote to an advice blog called Dallas Single Mom for suggestions on how to deal with her 7-year-old’s outrage regarding her love life.

She’d been dating the same man for six years but had kept him away from her family because she found it simpler to separate her life as a single woman from her life as a mother. After years of sneaking around, Hide-and-Seek Dating Mom finally introduced her son to her boyfriend by referring to him as a friend who was taking them out to brunch and ice cream. It all seemed to be going swimmingly — until her son spied her kissing her boyfriend goodbye in the car.

The 7-year-old threw a fit, yelling at his mom and throwing her boyfriend’s ice cream in the trash. The single mom admitted she was deeply upset by his blowup. “I feel like I’m making his whole world crash all at once,” she wrote. “Your advice columns seem the most logical, so I wanted to see if you had any advice about my situation.”

Teia Collier is Partner and Co-Founder of Dallas Single Mom, an uplifting blog that covers an array of topics, including dating.

“I empathize because I also have a very defiant son,” wrote Heather Buen, a single mom and prominent blogger in Dallas-Fort Worth. She founded Dallas Single Mom to help women like herself learn how to deal with raising children, dating men, and running a household on their own. “Dating as a single mom is a challenge,” she said. “It’s an even bigger challenge if you have your child most of the time or full time.”

Heather emphasized in her advice column that it’s perfectly acceptable for single moms to date, and they should never hide it from their children. She encouraged the Hide-and-Seek Dating Mom to address the emotional situation by engaging in an open and honest dialogue with her son.

Since 2010, the Dallas Single Mom blog has empowered women, like Hide-and-Seek Dating Mom, with straightforward guidance on the ups and downs of single motherhood. Whether you have questions about online dating, divorce, relationships, self-care, money, or lifestyle, the blog approaches single parenting with a positive attitude and actionable tips, including 100 date ideas for single moms in Dallas.

“We felt it was time to do something different and change the story people tell about single moms,” said Teia Collier, Partner and Co-Founder of Dallas Single Mom. “You can still have adventures and date — it just takes more planning and structure.”

Dallas Single Mom gives single mothers the tools to make a plan, set goals, and start building the life they want. The blog’s Love and Dating section is particularly useful when it comes to advice on getting out there and making a relationship work as a single parent.

Dallas Single Mom’s articles and newsletters explore the blessings and pitfalls of dating.

“Stability in families requires commitment, dedication, responsibility, and, most of all, love!” wrote Heather in an article about her marriage proposal and upcoming wedding. “Proposing just means you are being honest and vulnerable to a person you love. It also means you are in control of the decisions in your own life.”

Teia said the Dallas Single Mom team frequently surveys the site’s readership in the Newsletter and Insider’s Club to get a sense of what issues concern single moms.

More than 14,000 monthly readers come to DallasSingleMom.com for inspiration and guidance as they tackle the challenges of single parenthood head on. The blog covers important subjects, like where to go and what to wear on a first date, and provides specific recommendations from women who know the ropes and want to help others avoid common mistakes.

“I’m like a friend who has already been where you’re at,” Teia told us. “Our article ideas come from questions single moms have asked us and experiences we’ve had ourselves.”

Over the years, Teia has written extensively about dating and single motherhood, so we asked her to give us her top takeaways for single parents entering the modern dating world. After a moment’s contemplation, she reeled off five crucial tips based on her experiences and research.

1. Practice Good Self-Care

Teia’s first piece of dating advice for single moms is to take care of yourself throughout the process. Dallas Single Mom devotes an entire section to good self-care because it’s important to remind women to prioritize their own health and happiness. You and your family come first, so make sure you’re giving yourself love and treating yourself with kindness as you navigate the dating scene.

To use the words of one article, “Tender loving care is not just for your kids. You deserve it, too.”

2. Don’t Rush Into Anything

Single moms often have a lot on their plates. They have to juggle full-time careers with hands-on childcare, so adding a love interest can offset that delicate balance and create more problems than it solves. Teia advises women not to dive into a new relationship too quickly. Take the next step when you feel absolutely ready and not a second before.

“If you feel good about the opportunity, then say yes and make the most of it. Trust what makes you happy.” — Kelly Green in an article on Dallas Single Mom

The Dallas Single Mom blog advocates slowly integrating a new beau into family life and making certain you’re with the right person and in the right frame of mind before making a serious commitment.

3. Expect to Have Fun

When you’re running from daycare to dinner date to dead-tired downtime, it’s easy to forget that dating should be fun. It should be something you look forward to and want to do. Teia told us that single moms should go into their first dates expecting to have a good time because sitting down with a bad attitude sure isn’t going to get women the results they want.

“Basically, you should enjoy it because it’s supposed to be fun,” Teia said. “All of it is supposed to be fun.”

4. Tell Somebody Where You’re Going

This is just a common-sense safety tip for modern daters. If you haven’t met someone in person before, you should take some precautions to keep yourself safe. A simple text to a friend saying where you’re going can give you peace of mind on your blind date.

Teia also noted the importance of doing your research and making sure your online crush is who he says he is before you agree to a date.

5. Be Honest With Yourself

Last of all, Teia had a simple message for single moms in the dating world: “Be honest with yourself about why you’re doing it.”

“Our intent is to help from a place of love and good intentions. There are no judgments here — just advice that comes from the heart and the head.” — Teia Collier, Partner and Co-Founder of Dallas Single Mom

Whether your goal is to find a father for your children or just to have fun in your free time, you should own that truth and not pretend you want something different. After all, your dating success depends on how well you know yourself and how boldly you go after what you want.

When Hide-And-Seek Dating Mom wrote to Dallas Single Mom, she felt overwhelmed and afraid she couldn’t get her son to accept her boyfriend as an important part of her life. Heather’s even-handed and candid response urged the single mom to address past mistakes with an open heart and open mind. Such authoritative articles connect with readers on a personal level because they know the writers have gone through similar trials in their own love lives.

From recommending trustworthy dating websites to discussing how to get over an ex, Dallas Single Mom fosters a community of women sharing their experiences so they can help one another date, parent, and live happily ever after.

“Many of our contributors were readers who now answer questions themselves,” Teia told us. “It’s awesome. It’s why you write — not just to entertain but to do some good by reminding people they’re not going through the experience by themselves.”