single parenthood
Raising kids alone
Single parenthood is the state of raising a child or children without a partner.
It may result from divorce, death of a spouse, separation, or choosing to parent alone from the start.
The term is neutral, unlike older phrases like "unwed mother" that carried moral judgment.
Single parenthood comes with unique financial and emotional challenges.
- soloPerformance by one
- sole custodyOne parent's complete authority
- custodyProtective care or control
- family courtTribunal for household legal matters
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
widowed · mother · father · child support · childcare · struggle · resilience · juggling · exhaustion · breadwinner · daycare · school pickup · sick days · alimony · visitation · strength · sacrifice · independence
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- Stigmasmental illness, HIV, AIDS, homelessness, addiction
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