I’m a single mother of what doctors and insurance companies cheerfully call an “advanced maternal age,” which makes me sound ...

Do I worry that as a single mum I’m more likely to raise a toxic boy? It’s complicated. I am of course terrified of my son – who does not yet own a phone – getting online and being fed the sort of ...

As long as there have been mothers, there have been single mothers. But in America, Black women have borne the stigma of single parenthood, whether we’re painted as “welfare queens”—a sensationalized ...

Many single moms feel like they carry so much responsibility that there's no room left for the fun parts of parenting. Being a single mother is one of the hardest jobs. Some choose this difficult ...

Single-mother families make up one in five American families with children under 18. I grew up in one of them. Solo parenting is no easy feat. Even though my Philadelphia childhood was filled with ...

A newly released study of Birmingham’s guaranteed income program for single mothers shows the program was a success, the city announced this week. The Embrace Mothers guaranteed income pilot program, ...

The celebrated writer’s first book takes a bold and necessary look at the personal journeys of real moms beyond the ...

Most of my 14 years of motherhood felt like Mother’s Day was spent alone, including some of the years I was married. Every May, when the second Sunday in May comes around, I think of the women who are ...

Jamilah Lemieux didn’t set out to write a manifesto, but reading the pages of “Black. Single. Mother.” may inspire you to go out and move differently in the world. In a candid conversation with ...