single motherhood theme

A mother raises a child alone because the father has passed away, is unknown, or is absent for some other reason.

Examples

Beverly raising Wesley as a single mother was featured in tng1x03 "The Naked Now".

28 total · 8 major · 20 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
blackmirror4x02 major Marie is single mother to Sara.
movie: Abraxas Guardian of the Universe (1990) major Sonia struggled to raise her mute son Tommy as a single mother. She was disowned by her parents when she revealed that she didn't know the identity of the father, she had trouble getting extra support for her son, and she had some financial problems.
movie: And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991) major Sarah was struggling to support her two adolescent sons, John and Max, owing to her husband having died unexpectedly two years prior.
movie: ET the ExtraTerrestrial (1982) major Mary raised three kids by herself and the father was, it was said, in Mexico with some other woman.
movie: Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (1975) major Jeanne took care of her son all alone
movie: Mac and Me (1988) major Janet was raising two boys on her own.
tz1985e3x17 major We saw the trials of what it was like for Mrs. Wilkins to raise Danny without a father. Also she confided in the alien about how it wasn't easy raising Danny on her own.
tz2002e1x32 major Adelaide was raising Lucas as a single mother.
as1985e1x13 minor Barbara mentioned, with a note of remorse, that she had pressed for custody of her two boys; thus implying that she had separated from their father. Barbara was a working single mom who relied on babysitters to care for her boys while she was away.
as2020e04 minor It was touched on that Sara had raised Alia as a single mother.