single mom
Unpartnered female parent
A single mom is a mother raising children without a partner, whether through divorce, separation, death, or choice.
The term emphasizes both the parenting role and the absence of a co-parent: As a single mom, she juggles work and childcare alone.
Single mom carries more casual, sympathetic connotations than the formal "single mother."
- solo parentUnpartnered mother or father
- working motherParent with career
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- daycareChild supervision facility
school pickup · child support · strong · resilient · overwhelmed · independent · custody · custody battle · babysitter · bedtime · bedtime stories · provider · sacrifice · divorced · tight budget · struggling · supermom · homework
- Momsmother, mama, mommy, mummy, mamma
- family structuresnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, foster family
- single parentssolo parent, unwed mother, divorced parent, widowed parent
- family breakdowndivorce decree, custody battle, custody battles, child support, joint custody
- Single Parentingsolo parent, custodial parent, sole custody, divorced parent, widowed parent
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
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