Once my single mother got a handle on her eating disorder, she decided to go to college in her 50s. She's now a counselor and helps people with substance abuse issues. My mother and I went through ...

THE JEREMIAH PROGRAM IN BOSTON, WRITING AN ESSAY OR STUDYING. THAT’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND. GLORIA VASQUEZ DOING DURING HER LIMITED FREE TIME. THIS WORKING SINGLE ...

I had to pay my way through college, so I looked forward to helping my daughters pay for school. My financially devastating divorce made it impossible to help them as much as I planned. I feel guilty ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I just dropped my daughter off at college last week, and she’s already asking me to come back and pick her up. She’s saying that college isn’t for her, but she hasn’t even started ...

Many single moms feel like they carry so much responsibility that there's no room left for the fun parts of parenting. Being a single mother is one of the hardest jobs. Some choose this difficult ...

There are 11 million single-parent families here in the U.S., and 80 percent of those are headed by a single mother. In fact, 40 percent of babies born in the U.S. are born to a mother who isn’t ...

“Are single mothers destined to struggle?” asked Wang Tiemei, the protagonist in the recent hit female-led comedy “Her Story.” The film challenges conventional narratives by portraying a resolute and ...

When Jane Mattes, a psychotherapist, was caring for her infant son in 1981, she realized she didn’t have a support system. “No one fully understands how hard it is to care for an infant until you are ...

My mom began her college education at 55 years old, shortly after completing an eating disorder treatment program. As a single mother battling mental health issues, she never had the opportunity to go ...