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Single Parenting

If you’re a single parent, that doesn’t mean you’re alone. Motherly is here with honest advice and perspectives from other mamas who’ve been there.

Melissa Hartwig Urban

Melissa Hartwig Urban on being a single mom and why we should re-frame our thinking around self-care

Melissa Hartwig Urban is the co-founder and CEO of the Whole30—an intensive…

Updated Oct. 08, 2024
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Single moms are raising awesome kids—and research confirms it

It suggests that if you become a single mother by choice—your kids are going to be just fine.

Updated Apr. 27, 2022
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My husband is gone a lot, but I am NOT a single mom

What I want to tell you most about having a husband who is gone a lot is this: It is harder on him than it is on me.

Updated Mar. 25, 2022

Angelina Jolie tells her daughters: ‘It’s your mind that will define you’

“Find out who you are, what you think, and what you stand for,” says this mom of 6.

Updated Jan. 25, 2022

Selma Blair has an important message for single moms—you don’t have to do this alone

“It wasn’t until I accepted some help that I could just flourish as a mom,” says Blair.

Updated Jan. 11, 2022
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Being a single mom is the hardest, most empowering thing I’ve ever done

It isn’t easy—but it does teach you how strong you are.

Updated Apr. 27, 2022
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