I had no idea this was even a possibility.
That’s what I get for never reading pop culture rags. But according to a few of them…
Sarah Jessica Parker is going to be a single mother.
Wow.
I am speechless.
Is this true? Who knows. The report says Matt has been cheating on her and that she’s going to find her own apartment.
But if it is I’m sure she will emerge as one of the strongest single mamas out there, perhaps even speak on our behalf. She is an issue driven celeb. I just can’t believe it and feel for her.
Who is your favorite single mom celeb? Mine has been Kate Hudson but these two could be in a tie.
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Michelle Williams, any parent that can get a child through the death of a parent while dealing with their own grief. Amazing.
I really like Reese Witherspoon!
Britney Spears, for non parenting reasons, obviously.
Aw, c’mon folks, these women have scads of help and oodles of moolah. That’s not a typical single mom…and in Hollywood it’s not atypical to be unattached to your baby-daddy.
Rant over.
That being said — I love the famous single moms like Sheryl Crow and Jody Foster who adopt children on their own because they simply want to be a mother. Although of course even in their world, there’s nothing simple about it!
I can’t say I am super surprised. For years I have heard rumors that her husband ‘bats for the other team’. Yes, I am a gossip-aholic.
I feel for her, though. She’ll make an awesome single mom, though.
I also like Reese Witherspoon!
J. K. Rowling and Madonna.
I don’t want to sound like I am undervaluing divorced single moms, but seriously, if you receive maintenance and/or share custody, how much of a single mom are you really?
I am a single mom, I raised my son single handedly. I never received a penny of maintenance and I never had someone I could take him to for a weekend it was me and my son, always – that is how I define single parenting.
Whilst a divorced mom is indeed undertaking most parenting alone, it is not as if the child/ren would be orphaned were she not there.
And no, I am not talking about those who don’t get a penny from ex’s or whose ex’s dissappear, that is pretty much a single life too…
Obama’s mama
Another vote for Reese, but you can’t go wrong with any of them.
I agree with Amy Sue up there. It’s ridiculous to laud these Hollywood single moms for their incredible parenting when their lives are SO far from normal. Being a single mom would be vastly different with the amount of money and help that most of them have.
I’d much rather champion the single moms of the real world — another vote for Obama’s mama.
Carrie and Amy Sue –
You’re absolutely right. They have tons of money, nannies, etc. But they still have hearts and being cheated on by your husband or going through a divorce sucks no matter what.
But, yes, I think Obama’s mother is the clear winner. Here’s a post I wrote about her a while back:
http://mssinglemama.com/2008/02/12/obamas-single-mother-the-story/
I am kind of embarrassed to admit it, but when I feel sad about my situation, I google pictures of Reese Witherspoon and I just feel so happy to see pics of her and her kids and also her new love. In every interview it’s all about her kids. Seriously, she is one classy lady and strong single mama.
I can’t believe about SJP. Speechless.
I’m glad sjp is kicking him to the curb!
I too like Reese Witherspoon and Kate Hudson.
While I admit there are a million and one single moms out there that have it far worse than I do, financial stability does not buy you any peace of mind when it comes to having to someday explain to your child why Daddy is an asshat, nor does it (at the I dont’ live in Hollywood level) make the day to day routine any less exhausting. Those of us with “involved” other parents have a whole differnt set of stresses to deal with that truly alone parents don’t. The grass isn’t lush and gree on this side just because a child support check arrives once a month or because your child spends time with the other parent. Sometimes the involvement of the other parent just makes things worse. Divorced moms (and dads) are very much single parents too.
Lilcyndiluwho-I was thinking the same exact thing but just couldn’t figure out a way to say it. I am on the other side-it’s always been just Ella and I…and when I started reading Ms Single Mama, I wasn’t sure how I felt about divorced Moms calling themselves Single Moms…but as I read more I realized that between the challenges of visitation and child support and everything that transpires between 2 parents that aren’t together, that you guys may in fact have it harder! I have come to the conclusion that it really doesn’t matter how one becomes a single Mom-we’re all in it together!
I’m sorry I have to agree with Andrea and Amy Sue. These people have all the resources in the world, sure they are single moms, but their case is extraordinary.
The strongest single moms are the ones that don’t get recognition. The ones who struggle through school or low paying jobs while doing all they can to make ends meet.
Amanda, I agree.
I’m not single and I cannot imagine doing this job by myself. We have 3 children ranging from 1 to almost 13 and it’s a lot of work!
my hat is off to all of you single mommas who do this every single day alone . . . and honestly, divorced moms do count in my book b/c every other weekend which equals 4 days per month that you get a break is essentially the same as doing it ALL by yourself!
Ditto with Andrea and Amy Sue…when you don’t have to search the couch cushions for lunch money it’s just not the same.
I got to go with Obama’s mama too.
Totally Reese Witherspoon….but Jodi Foster, too. Jodi tends to keep more to herself (I sound like I know her, LOL) but I know she’s single…and really “with it” in my mind. Reese just seems awesome….I think Meg Ryan is a single mom, too….love her.
BTW, Matthew Broderick has always seemed gay to me….how in the world could he cheat on her? She’s great!!!! Stupid guys…..
I agree with all the single celeb mothers listed, and would add one of my own favourites: Courtney Love. I can’t even begin to imagine what she has struggled through as a single widowed mother, after husband Kurt Cobain killed himself.
That woman has strength and character..
The long ago and not forgotten star single moms of the century must also include Lucy (I Love Lucy) and what about Cher and Tina Turner.
Look at how icky their husbands were.
What we all have in common: we leave losers too.
Ohhh … I feel a moment of gratitude coming on.
I’m divorced with two kids. I receive alimony and child support and guess what, I consider myself to be a single mom.
I was several months pregnant with my second child when I left my ex. I found out he was and had been unfaithful to me for years (escorts, massage parlors). But that wasn’t the last straw…no the last straw was when my three year old came to me and asked why his daddy did’nt love him or play with him. It was when he drew a picture of a small batman burning and punching a big batman trying to kill him. The therapist thought it was a breakthrough for my son, my ex thought it was funny.
He only sees the kids a couple of hours on Sundays. He is always late. He takes them grocery shopping (for himself) and then drives till they fall asleep in his car. Then he brings them back home when they wake up. He has no role in their life other than financially supporting them. I am lucky, I know I am. But just how lucky am I?
A couple of weeks ago I had strep throat, my son had the flu and my daughter was teething, and had an ear infection. She woke up in the middle of the night throwing up and was crying non stop. I was exhausted and crying non stop myself….I called him for help, I never ask for help but I was desperate(he lives 30 mnutes away) he said he had a sore throat.
He did not come and proceeded to reprimand me for not hiring a nanny. I live in a city where I have no friends, no family, no help. He does not want me to move back to my home town because he does not want to be away from the kids…..the kids that he rarely sees and never checks up on. I choose to raise my kids on my own, so I do not and will not get a nanny.
From a financial standpoint I am lucky, very lucky. But I am a single mom.
BTW, my favorite is Reese W. She gives me hope.
Yes Yvonne … I was a single mom when I was married to ‘baby daddy’ — or as Ms Single Mama says, “The eyelash donor!” Our children need the attention of two parents … fathers like this are a haunting ghost image. It’s worse when an unavailable father is living in your house, it confuses the kids.
A fathers role of financial support became a right in the seventies for women with children. Sadly, that’s all some men can give and see that as their only obligation to their own children’s lives … he’s a man without balls.
Let him know that a Nanny doesn’t fill in for a father as a role model … and go find a male role model in your family that can fill in. So you’ll be an inch away on the map, not so convenient … and he’ll need more time for the travel. Might help him think more about meaning in his life. Poor reptile.
ooookaaaaay i have to VEHEMENTLY disagree with the other andrea. just because some single moms have it a little easier than you does not make them less single. the only thing that would make them less single is….being married. technically, i’m divorced and receive child support and have shared custody. the reality is, child support is VERY unreliable and there is little to no help available to me, my ex lies like a rug and nothing happens and i get child support whenever the legal system feels like sending it my way. its like christmas. and my ex chooses not to see his children, and he will go MONTHS (currently its been at least six months) but then one day he will change his mind and i will have to let them go, for one day, for eight hours, to a stranger’s house (his girlfriend) who will yell at them and take her own daughters’ side, and then they come home to me miserable and crying.
i take great offense at some of these comments, implying that i am not “single” enough. is this for real? i feel like there is enough stress to be a good enough parent to married folk, and now i have to worry that i have no real right to call myself a single mom because i was married to my children’s father once upon a time? sheesh i gave it a shot, it didnt work out, the end result is hardly different.
it shouldnt be a competition, “i work harder than you.” if you really have never had a weekend away from your kid, because you have no one to take the kid for said weekend, then i feel bad for you. really. i have wonderful wonderful parents who want me to be okay, to be happy, and they know that my life has gone in unexpected directions. so yeah they take my kids overnight once in awhile, sometimes two nights. i’m not going to apologize for that, or allow myself to think that ohh this single parenting thing isnt too hard because i get a little break once in awhile. this single parenting thing is extremely hard, and i deserve a break once in awhile. otherwise i’m not sure i would be reading this blog, unless mental hospitals have internet access available. i would be insane.
if you’re not married you’re a single parent, as long as i’m concerned. it sucks sometimes for all of us. no reason to try and top each other.
and reese witherspoon is my fave. she gives me hope!!! maybe all is not lost, and i will find my jake gyllenhaal one day….
He was cheating on her? Sheesh. On Sarah Jessica Parker? Well, we al survive don’t we?
Single (not married or widowed)
Parent (has children)
Every single one of us has a story. Our pains may look and feel differently than others. It doesn’t mean any are less of a single parent because of their circumstances or how they choose to express the agonies / joys of their story.
We’re all in this together. :O) Equally.
My favorite single parents are the ones that post & read here. All of ya!
OK. Some of us have great angels for friends others have none. Some of us have family we can lean on, Others are the ones their family leans on. Some of us have some sort of co-parenting with the other parent, Others snicker at the thought of calling him/her a “parent”, Some of us have good finances be it because of child support, allimony, inheritance, great job or what not, Others are scraping to get by paycheck to paycheck. So what!?
That is sort of off topic so back to single parents I look up to.I can only think of one My grandma whom I never met. As for famous people I really don’t even know who is a parent who isn’t let alone who is a single one lol.
Gawd – another “good” man bites the dust.
Wow. Loving the question of what defines a single parent and have been thinking and thinking on it.
I have to agree with Andrea #2… if you are alone/ not in a serious serious relationship with someone than you are a single parent. But there are other thoughts I have on all of this… one thing though – there is no sense in one upping each other.
Perhaps this should be an entire post?
Reese is with Jake? I had no idea (of course) maybe I should catch up on my celeb gossip.
Even in marriage … I was a single parent. Go figure.
Yeah – I hear that… Here’s my post on “the married single mom.”
http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/16/the-married-single-mom/
Yes, I take offense at the thought that I have it any easier b/c the ex is around. It is because of him that I cannot live where I want to live I am thousands of miles away from family and old friends b/c he is in my life. I can do nothing without his idiotic input. I would gladly give him back his pathetic child support and his taking her every other weekend for the freedom to live in peace in a place where I am surrounded by those who love me. we all have it tough, single, divorced, whatever. No situation is worse than anyone else’s.
I’m sure she will be fine as a singlemom. Singlemom’s are some of the strongest people I know (even if they don’t realize it) As to my fav celeb singlemom?
why that’s easy, you singlemama! (yes, you’re a blogging celeb) ^_^
Bridget Moynahan…thinking about it, she’s handled her situation with class and dignity and clearly is out for the best interests of her son and not out for revenge…you have to respect that.
x2 on Bridget. She went through it all alone and in front of the world, but with her head held high. She was the first person I Googled when I found out I was going to be a single mother.