When Monique Doughty got pregnant, she was excited about being a mom. After she realized she would be a single mother, her excitement turned to worry. A conversation with another pregnant single mom ...

I was about to graduate from college, with my whole life ahead of me, when I learned I was unexpectedly pregnant. A few months prior, I would have welcomed the news. I was dating a guy who loved me ...

Being a single parent isn’t easy. Still, some women are concluding that it’s their best option. There have always been parents who realized their partner (regardless of gender) wasn’t willing or able ...

That’s the beginning of one of the classified ads in hundreds of shoppers and newspapers nationwide. That pitch isn’t intended to appeal to the stable, financially secure and planful expectant women ...