Dear Abby: I am a 50-year-old single mom who is extremely close with my 20-year-old daughter, who is away at college. I haven’t dated for 12 years, partly because I did not want distractions from ...

Being a single mom means navigating a world that doesn’t always show the empathy it should. These women carry the weight of two parents on their shoulders, fighting battles most people never see, and ...

I always pictured a two-parent household for my daughter. But a year after becoming a single mom, I realized it was the best thing that could've happened. I get to make parenting decisions by myself ...

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 ...

I recently received a pitch that began: Single moms are superheroes — twice the work, twice the stress, twice the tears. I experienced the same cringey reaction that I experience whenever anyone ...