Single Motherhood

Love, Conditionally: How One Mother Tested the Limits of Unconditional Love

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living


Felicia C. Sullivan

In Brooklyn, my mother and I lived with a man named Avram who taught me two sentences in Hebrew: I love you and I need five hundred dollars. His body ...

What Baby Mama Is Missing

Louise Sloan | Posted 05.12.2008 | Entertainment


Louise Sloan

The Tina Fey film could have been even funnier and a lot less predictable if it had taken its cue from real single moms by choice.

Is Unwed Motherhood Really the Problem?

Louise Sloan | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living


Louise Sloan

Is lack of a marriage license so bad for kids that any kind of married parents are better than literally any kind of single one?

Is Mr. Good Enough Okay?

Mikki Morrissette | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living


Mikki Morrissette

I agree with Lori Gottlieb that dating tends to prime you for a passionate connection, but weddings and children tend to turn that relationship into more of a two-person job.

On Settling for Mr. Good Enough

Lori Gottlieb | Posted 02.25.2008 | Living


Lori Gottlieb

There's nothing original about the idea that women have better marriage prospects at age 30 than at 40, and if we don't want to end up alone, we should pay attention.

The Case Against Quick-Fix Marriage

Anna Monardo | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living


Anna Monardo

Why does the media continue to showcase banter about how women can, and should, manipulate themselves into marriage?

A Peaceful Revolution: Do Stay-At-Home Moms Need a Fair Pay Act?

Katie Bethell and Nanette Fondas | Posted 02.12.2008 | Living


Katie Bethell and Nanette Fondas

By not supporting fair pay for women who do work outside the home, we contribute to a society that devalues women and women's work.

Single Mom, Serial Killer

Louise Sloan | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living


Louise Sloan

I was prepared for most of the ways in which single motherhood can be lonely and hard, but there were some details they left out of the manual. Like, how do you get rid of the Christmas tree?

A Peaceful Revolution: Moms Leading on Fair Pay

Nanette Fondas | Posted 01.22.2008 | Living


Nanette Fondas

When our granddaughters read their history books, this week may well be one that is marked as the beginning of the end of the pay discrimination many of their foremothers endured.

Would I Be Cute with Chris?

Anne M. Plant | Posted 01.20.2008 | Living


Anne M. Plant

I can't believe it, I'm trolling in church! I am so ashamed. I have never before scoped the pews for dating material -- except to set up a friend. Now my mind is not on God, but man.

The Imagined Family

Louise Sloan | Posted 01.16.2008 | Living


Louise Sloan

The important stuff -- a good dad, a good mom, a happy childhood, a happy marriage -- just can't be legislated into existence, though the British Parliament can sure try.

More Women Not Seeking Marriage

Mikki Morrissette | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living


Mikki Morrissette

An article this week reinvigorates the debate about whether it is good or bad that more single women are replacing Mr. Right with a turkey baster in order to "knock themselves up."


 

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