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Scenario

How single mothers handle institutional assumptions about family structure

I am a single mother and every school event assumes there is a father figure and I am tired of explaining our family structure to every new person we meet.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social institutions continue to center nuclear family models, marginalizing diverse family structures.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gender and parenting — who does what and why?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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