As the cost of living rises, more parents are sinking into debt to support their families. A recent study found that in every major city in the United States, the cost of living exceeded the average ...

Many single moms feel like they carry so much responsibility that there's no room left for the fun parts of parenting. Being a single mother is one of the hardest jobs. Some choose this difficult ...

Single-mother families make up one in five American families with children under 18. I grew up in one of them. Solo parenting is no easy feat. Even though my Philadelphia childhood was filled with ...

Mothers raising children on their own post on social media to celebrate themselves and other single moms, drawing criticism from others who feel they should leave the holiday alone. “Single moms… ...

Being a single parent is undoubtedly hard. However, not all single parents are treated equally. Here are three reasons why. Being a single parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world, regardless of ...

When Jane Mattes, a psychotherapist, was caring for her infant son in 1981, she realized she didn’t have a support system. “No one fully understands how hard it is to care for an infant until you are ...

Getting to acknowledge it hasn’t been easy. For much of my life, my imagination morphed my diffident single-parent household into the big American family I saw on screens and read about in books. For ...

I’m a single mother of what doctors and insurance companies cheerfully call an “advanced maternal age,” which makes me sound like an appliance with an expired warranty. In reality, I’m a 42-year-old ...

Do I worry that as a single mum I’m more likely to raise a toxic boy? It’s complicated. I am of course terrified of my son – who does not yet own a phone – getting online and being fed the sort of ...