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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |