Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen ...

What They Hear: "This can come off sounding like you're passing judgment on effort," says Anderson. "It's better to encourage ...

When teaching classes on education policy, I usually begin with a joke about people’s reaction to finding out that I got my Ph.D. in it. If I had instead studied biology or history, I posit, I imagine ...

From Valentine’s Day to over-the-top weddings, rom-coms to couples who perpetually post their highlight reel to social media, there’s no doubt that society is completely infatuated with coupledom. Pop ...

Single women who don't have kids are often treated like they're just a footnote to other women who are married and mothers.

Next time Beyoncé asks for all the single ladies to put their hands up, there may be a bigger crowd than you think. Nearly 118 million Americans, or about 46% of those over 18 years old, are single, ...

OLD MAID. SPINSTER. CHILDLESS CAT LADY. For literally centuries now, everyone from gossipmongers to vice presidential candidates has slung dismissive sobriquets to describe the single woman experience ...

Being single isn’t always a walk in the park—especially when movies and television shows seem to push the concept that you aren’t truly “complete” until you’ve found a significant other. People’s ...

I am happier as a single mother than I ever was as a married one. Despite the fact that 47% of Americans think single mothers are bad for society, becoming one made my life and my children’s lives ...

The rising cost of living continues to take a bite out of American’s budgets. From groceries and utilities to transportation and housing, earning enough income to live comfortably as a single person ...

Being a single parent is tough — there’s no debate there. But better understanding the challenges faced by solo parents can help us to offer better support to the many who find themselves taking on ...

DePaulo is a leading expert on single life, and is the author of Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life. She has been writing the “Living Single” blog for Psychology ...