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single parent
(redirected from Single motherhood)

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single parent
n
(Sociology)
a.  a person who has a dependent child or dependent children and who is widowed, divorced, or unmarried
b.  (as modifier) a single-parent family Also called (NZ) solo parent
Translations
single parent n (mother) → ragazza madre; (father) → ragazzo padre

single parent أحد الوالدين osamělý rodič enlig forælder Alleinerzieher ανύπαντρος γονέας padre solo yksinhuoltaja parent célibataire samohrani roditelj genitore single 片親で子育てをする人 홀부모 alleenstaande ouder aleneforelder samotny ojciec pai que cria filhos sozinho отец-одиночка ensamstående förälder พ่อหรือแม่ที่ไม่มีคู่สมรส yalnız ebeveyn người nuôi con một mình 单亲家长


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com Single motherhood used to be simply unheard of.
One Big Happy Family, published in February by Riverhead, argues that non-nuclear family structures like polyamory, adoptive parenthood by gays, single motherhood, and mixed-culture families are becoming the norm in suburbia and bustling cities alike.
Past governments in the United States have tried to dissuade single motherhood by radically cutting "already very limited social supports" that were available to women, the report, which was compiled by Malcolm Bush of the University of Chicago and Gary Orfield of the UCLA Civil Rights Project, said.
 
 
 
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