Single mom means…

I’m curious how people interpret this title, I’ve been told different answers by different people

Single mom is more based around not being ina relationship. A sole parent is where the other parent is not involved at all and you’re the only parent involved in your child’s life. That’s how I’ve interpreted it as a sole parent.

Single mom not with kids dad but coparenting. Solo mom does it all herself

I would say if you’re not with the kids father and aren’t in another serious relationship either. Like to me it seems weird to call yourself a single mom if let’s say you’re living with another man or remarried or something because you’re literally not single lol

A unmarried mom who’s parenting by themselves or coparenting with the dad.

There are married single mums

If a single mom means co parenting then what do you call moms that don’t have dad’s help? That’s what always threw me off about that because the two are not equal

I always thought it was a mother taking care of her kid(s) by herself 100% of the time with no help of any kind from the other parent. TBH, I’d never heard of the other terms until I joined this app.

Single mom means shes single, not with anyone BUT doesnt mean she is doing the parenting solo. She could be co-parenting with the children's other parent.

Married "sinlge" mom is not a fricken thing, in my opinion. You're a married mom solo parenting or a married person who is primary parent- both suck.

It means you are a mom thats single.

I never realized people interpreted this differently! I always thought it meant a mom who is raising a kid by herself for whatever reason and wasn’t a descriptor of her relationship status. Like Lorelei from Gilmore girls would be considered a single mom. A mom who is relationally single but coparents, I would not consider a single mom. It is SO interesting to me that so many others don’t see it this way.

I think of a mom who parents alone 90%+ of the time.
I can see where solo/sole parent makes sense for that but I’ve never heard anyone say that term before.

I think single moms are women where the father completely abandoned the kids and she is 100% on her own. Someone co parenting isnt a single mom in my eyes. Like shes single ? sure but she is not parenting by herself.

There are also many married single mothers so it’s complicated. Like even women who are dating someone other than the child’s father, if that man isn’t providing for your kids too then yeah you are still a single mom because you are essentially doing everything by yourself.