Choosing Single Motherhood

Is Mr. Good Enough Okay?

Mikki Morrissette | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Motherhood, The Atlantic Monthly, Choosing Single Motherhood, Marriage, Mr. Good Enough, The Atlantic Lori Lottlieb, Living News
Mikki Morrissette

I agree with Lori Gottlieb that dating tends to prime you for a passionate connection, but weddings and children tend to turn that relationship into more of a two-person job.

Read Post

Single Mom, Serial Killer

Louise Sloan | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Moms, Single Motherhood, Choosing Single Motherhood, Holiday Season, Single Mothers, Christmas Trees, Christmas, Living News
Louise Sloan

I was prepared for most of the ways in which single motherhood can be lonely and hard, but there were some details they left out of the manual. Like, how do you get rid of the Christmas tree?

Read Post

The Imagined Family

Louise Sloan | Posted 01.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Fertilization, Choosing Single Motherhood, Knock Yourself Up, Single Mothers, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, House of Lords, Single Motherhood, Single Mother by Choice, British Parliment, Family, Living News
Louise Sloan

The important stuff -- a good dad, a good mom, a happy childhood, a happy marriage -- just can't be legislated into existence, though the British Parliament can sure try.

Read Post

More Women Not Seeking Marriage

Mikki Morrissette | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Single Moms, Choosing Single Motherhood, Newsweek, Second Shift, Single Parents, Sexual Double Standard, Sexism, Single Motherhood, Motherhood, Rachel Sarah, Choice Mom, Parenting, Feminism, Louise Sloan, Working Moms, Living News
Mikki Morrissette

An article this week reinvigorates the debate about whether it is good or bad that more single women are replacing Mr. Right with a turkey baster in order to "knock themselves up."

Read Post