The objective of this phenomenological or experiential study is to understand the challenges and issues faced by urban working single mothers in a multi cultural city such as Bangalore. At this stage of the research and for the purpose of the study, a single mother will be generally defined as an uncoupled individual who shoulders most or all of the day-to-day responsibilities for raising a child or children. A mother is more often the primary care giver in a single parent family structure that has arisen due to divorce or unplanned pregnancy or death of a spouse or through adoption.
The objective of the study is in part is a passionate pursuance of knowledge for academic and for personal benefit. The findings of this study aimed to benefit future researchers who wish to study single parenting and also use this study to contribute towards the impact of single parenthood on the parent as well as the children.
Single parenting, challenges and working mothers
