Why more women are choosing to be single mothers

为什么越来越多的女性选择成为单身母亲

Up First

2026-05-10

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So you want to be a mother, but you don’t have a partner. More women are shedding the stigma of single motherhood and choosing to have children on their own. This week on The Sunday Story, NPR’s Pallavi Gogoi brings us stories from her conversations with more than 60 women who have embraced this new vision of what motherhood can be. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday Story from Up First.

  • It's Mother's Day, and today on the show, we're celebrating single moms.

  • Because single motherhood is actually flourishing in America.

  • And it's not like what you might think.

  • These moms, most of them aren't teens.

  • I'm 44.

  • I'm 38.

  • And they aren't all struggling.

  • I am a family law attorney.

  • I work for a major nonprofit.

  • I make decent money.

  • That was Savannah Lawrence and Boomi Akina Sotu.

  • These moms, they're choosing to have families on their own.

  • Christine Williams is a former firefighter.

  • I don't remember who said it to me, but someone said, if you never get married, I think you're going to be okay.

  • But if you never have a child, how will you feel about that?

  • And I remember thinking, I would regret that forever.

  • Today on The Sunday Story, we're rethinking single motherhood in America.

  • Stay with us.

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