{"id":249,"date":"2015-08-27T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/?p=249"},"modified":"2015-08-27T13:05:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T11:05:14","slug":"being-single-thinking-double-the-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/2015\/08\/27\/being-single-thinking-double-the-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Single Thinking Double &#8211; The Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A Modern Man\u2019s Guide to Raising a Daughter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1414476095501.jpg\" rel=\"wp-prettyPhoto[249]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-244\" src=\"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1414476095501-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1414476095501\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1414476095501-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1414476095501-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1414476095501-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1414476095501.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>To my beautiful daughter Sasha Eve Said who has always been the joy in my heart and the smile on my face. \u201cIf I could give you but one gift, it would be to see yourself through my eyes and then you would see what a magnificent young lady you really are\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This blog is neither aimed at single parents nor parents of young girls alone; it is however borne of my own experience as a single father of a young girl. Of course, all children are different, some athletic, some outgoing. My one conclusion is that it is neither purely nurture nor nature but a combination of both and as I have no control of the nature side, this is my guideline for nurturing your children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDespite our best efforts, our children will grow up just like us\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am never entirely sure where this story begins, but I shall spare you a life history and at the same time try not to leave out relevant information that has shaped my path and more importantly, the contents of this blog. I feel there are a number of moments in time that have each had a profound effect on me and have brought me to this point in my life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>The Early Years<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>My Parent\u2019s Divorce<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>My Mom Gets Sick<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>My Mom\u2019s Death<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Searching<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Getting Married<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Step-parenting<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Becoming a Father<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>My Own Divorce<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Letting Go<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Being Single, Thinking Double<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Modern Man\u2019s Guide to Raising a Daughter To my beautiful daughter Sasha Eve Said who has always been the joy in my heart and the smile on my face. \u201cIf I could give you but one gift, it would be to see yourself through my eyes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[7,8,5,3,4,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daddyblogger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}