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A '''single mother''' is a [[mother]] with one or more [[child]]ren and no [[husband]]. The definition of single mother may vary according to local laws of nations or provinces. But in typical cases, she may be so after her [[divorce]], after giving [[birth]] to a child outside [[marriage]], or after her husband died. |
A '''single mother''' is a [[mother]] with one or more [[child]]ren and no [[husband]]. The definition of single mother may vary according to local laws of nations or provinces. But in typical cases, she may be so after her [[divorce]], after giving [[birth]] to a child outside [[marriage]], or after her husband died. |
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Some single mothers may have chosen to be so voluntarily but some others may have had no choice due to financial problems or other social circumstances. |
Some single mothers may have chosen to be so voluntarily but some others may have had no choice due to financial problems or other social circumstances. Especially in the US, teenaged single mothers have become a serious social issue ('''see also''' [[teenage pregnancy]]). |
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This phenomenon has become one of the serious social issues in advanced countries. A '''single father''' is less common because, after divorce, more often the woman gets [[child custody|custody]] of the children, and in the case the mother has no (longer) a [[Personal relationship|relationship]] with the father, it is even more likely that the child will stay with the mother; the father may even be out of view. A single father is considered much less commonly a social issue and gets far less support from governments. |
This phenomenon has become one of the serious social issues in advanced countries. A '''single father''' is less common because, after divorce, more often the woman gets [[child custody|custody]] of the children, and in the case the mother has no (longer) a [[Personal relationship|relationship]] with the father, it is even more likely that the child will stay with the mother; the father may even be out of view. A single father is considered much less commonly a social issue and gets far less support from governments. |
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Revision as of 07:47, 18 May 2003
A single mother is a mother with one or more children and no husband. The definition of single mother may vary according to local laws of nations or provinces. But in typical cases, she may be so after her divorce, after giving birth to a child outside marriage, or after her husband died.
Some single mothers may have chosen to be so voluntarily but some others may have had no choice due to financial problems or other social circumstances. Especially in the US, teenaged single mothers have become a serious social issue (see also teenage pregnancy).
This phenomenon has become one of the serious social issues in advanced countries. A single father is less common because, after divorce, more often the woman gets custody of the children, and in the case the mother has no (longer) a relationship with the father, it is even more likely that the child will stay with the mother; the father may even be out of view. A single father is considered much less commonly a social issue and gets far less support from governments.
In the U.S., Europe and Japan, statical data shows that children, especially boys, living with only their mother have a difficult time growing up.
Single mothers in fiction
- The Woman Who Did, a 1895 novel by Grant Allen
- Bachelor Mother, a 1939 movie
- Lonely Mom, a comic strip by Cecilia Torudd