single motherhood
Raising kids alone
Single motherhood is the state of being a mother who raises children without a partner.
This may result from divorce, separation, widowhood, or choice—some women become single mothers by adoption or assisted reproduction.
The term carries different connotations depending on context: celebrated as resilience, pitied as hardship, or invoked politically in debates about family structure and welfare policy.
She navigated single motherhood while working two jobs.
- solo parentingRaising children alone
- custodyProtective care or control
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- tight budgetSeverely limited funds
struggle · resilience · independence · divorce · breadwinner · juggling · meal prep · exhaustion · sacrifice · strength · daycare · school pickup · alimony · provider · loneliness · support · working mom · child support
- motherhoodmom, mama, mum, mommy, maternal love
- womanhoodwomanhood, femininity, girlhood, maidenhood, sisterhood
- social stigmasmental illness stigma, disability stigma, addiction stigma, divorce stigma
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
single motherhoodco-parenting
Joint child-rearing by separated adults
two-parent household · shared parenting · joint custody · blended family
single, singly, singles, singled, singling, singleton, singular, singularity, singularly