Single Motherhood

Grandfathers: Stepping into the Lives of Boys

Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

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Peggy Drexler

As more women raise boys alone, the fathers of those women are moving to a different place in boy's lives. They can fill the missing pieces in ways that no one outside the family can.

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The Buyers' Market for Role Models

Peggy Drexler | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

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Peggy Drexler

The demand for role models might exceed the supply. But they are there. The job for all single mothers is to put their sons in a position to find them.

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The Morality of Eight Babies or, Sometimes, Even One

Valerie Tarico | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Valerie Tarico

Abortion opponents have no trouble saying that killing blastocysts is wrong. They don't say blastocysts. They say people. And then they attribute souls and personhood to fertilized eggs.

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A Journey to Remember

Tamar Abrams | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Tamar Abrams

My child's increasing self-reliance has given me the time to reflect on my parents' lives. I've always been grateful to have arrived at midlife with two vital parents who live nearby.

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A Response to Ann Coulter

Mikki Morrissette | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

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Mikki Morrissette

People who proactively choose to become a parent on their own -- such as the tens of thousands of Choice Moms (a.k.a. single mothers by choice) -- are not doing a disservice to society.

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Bad to the Bone

Louise Sloan | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

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Louise Sloan

Just as my life was getting duller and more traditional, along comes Ann Coulter on the Today Show to tell me that as a single mom, I'm responsible for almost every societal problem we have.

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Single Motherhood By Design

Kira Craft | Posted 10.23.2008 | Style

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Kira Craft

I don't have to find "The One" and fall in love and get married to procreate. My body doesn't actually care if Cupid has shot my heart straight through with arrows.

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'Single Motherhood By Choice' Movement Gains Momentum

The Guardian | Viv Groskop | Posted 10.20.2008 | Style

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Ten years on and this group of women is growing. So-called "single motherhood by choice" has always existed: around 250 of the 1,100-strong membership...

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