Two new books propose we quit idealizing the married-with-kids configuration and overhaul the single-parent household’s cultural status. In 1918, Jessie Ashley, a feminist lawyer from a genteel ...

According to census data, single mothers make an average of $32,586 a year; roughly 29 percent of single parents fall below the country’s very low poverty line. Married couples take home an ...

Parenting doesn’t come with a manual—but some books come close. This guide highlights 7 insightful reads that offer practical tools, emotional wisdom, and expert advice for raising happy, healthy ...

Ms. Kearney is the author of the forthcoming book “The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind.” There has been a huge transformation in the way ...

Single parents generally have little bandwidth for reading dense theology, but this 365-day devotional offers ample theological bang for the harried single parent’s quiet-time buck.

In “The Two-Parent Privilege,” Melissa S. Kearney looks hard at the data but doesn’t dare to imagine new possibilities for societal structure.

One reason for the sensitivities is large racial disparities: Single parenting is less common in white and Asian households, but only 38 percent of Black children live with married parents.

Two-thirds of single parents say the post-break up “glow up” is real and another 82% feel like their best days are still ahead of them, according to new research.

The main argument in Kearney’s book is one that we have heard before: Children raised by single-parent households are less better off than children raised in homes with two married parents.

As a single parent, your kids are a massive part of your life—if not your entire life. Devoting an immense amount of time and energy to being a good, attentive parent is incredible.

Single parenting can be a choice. Being a single parent isn’t always a bad thing—sometimes, it’s the preferred option, says Emma Johnson, author of the new book, The Kickass Single Mom: Be ...