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From the Mom's

– Meg Lowrey, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass (2012)

J.K. Rowling (2008)

“I don’t think anyone ever dreams of being a single parent, but I learned quickly that dreams change and grow.”

Urban Institute, Single Mothers and Child Support Enforcement Study (2016)

“The financial strain was enormous. I wasn’t asking for luxury — I was asking for lights and food.”

Interview in The Life of a Single Mom Foundation Advocacy Report (2019)

“Society says, 'She’s strong,’ but what they really mean is, ‘She has no choice.’”

“I had to be both mother and father, even though the court said there was supposed to be two of us.”

Anonymous single mother, Pew Research Center: Parenting in America Report (2015)

Raising my child alone wasn’t the hardest part. It was pretending that the system cared.

Interview in The Guardian, “The Hidden Crisis Facing Single Mothers” article (2020)

— The Life of a Single Mom Foundation Story Archive (2019)

We carry shame that isn’t ours. We carry burdens we didn’t create. But we carry on — because no one else will.

— Single mother's letter, Pew Research Center’s Parenting in America Interviews (2015)

Every missed child support payment was another time I had to say no — no to new shoes, no to school trips, no to hope.

—Statement from National Partnership for Women and Families (2020 report)

Support isn’t about punishing men — it’s about protecting children.

"I didn’t need anyone else to cosign or understand the path to it. I was just going to make it happen,”

Mom of 1 & CNN Journalist