single parenting
Raising children alone
Single parenting is raising a child without a partner—whether through divorce, death, abandonment, or choice.
The term covers both the circumstance and the ongoing practice: Single parenting is exhausting but rewarding.
A single parent handles responsibilities that two-parent households typically divide.
Domestic unit of residents
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- fatherhoodState of being dad
- childrearingRaising and nurturing offspring
- guardianshipLegal care of another
adoptive · kinship · never-married · children · dependents · home
Depending on oneself alone
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- strengthPower to exert force
resilience · resourcefulness · confidence · adaptability · determination · perseverance · capability · initiative
Attending to dependents
- bondingForming close connections
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- protectionGuarding against harm
upbringing · attachment · love · empathy · providing · mentorship · discipline · encouragement
Defeat by excess
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
loneliness · isolation · guilt · self-doubt · sacrifice · coping · resilience · patience
Protective care or control
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
mediation · enforcement · modification · jurisdiction · documentation
household
Domestic unit of residents
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- fatherhoodState of being dad
- childrearingRaising and nurturing offspring
guardianship · adoptive · kinship · never-married · children · dependents · home
self-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
strength · resilience · resourcefulness · confidence · adaptability · determination · perseverance · capability · initiative · self-care
caregiving
Attending to dependents
protection · upbringing · attachment · love · empathy · providing · mentorship · discipline · encouragement · communication
overwhelm
Defeat by excess
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
exhaustion · loneliness · isolation · guilt · self-doubt · sacrifice · coping · resilience · patience · discipline
custody
Protective care or control
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
attorney · mediation · enforcement · modification · jurisdiction · documentation
- familymother, father, siblings, son, brother
- parentingchild, mom, children, kids, childcare
- family dynamicsfamily dynamics, family roles, family therapy, sibling rivalry, family values
- householdhome, house, kitchen, apartment, bathroom
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- Parenting Strugglestantrums, bedtime battles, sibling rivalry, picky eaters, potty training
single parentingco-parenting
Joint child-rearing by separated adults
shared parenting · nuclear family · two-parent household · joint custody · traditional family
single, parenting, singly, singles, singled, singling, singleton, singular, singularity