There are 2.4 million moms who don't have custody of their kids (versus 8.6 million single moms) and there are 2.6 million single dads. But I won’t, because I don’t think I can ever truly be happy again, whether I’m at home with two kids or living on my own somewhere far away. Or they grew up in a dysfunctional household are were witness to and victims of terrible mothers … But soon after the babies were born, the mothers… The statistics seem counterintuitive and almost impossible to believe. In contrast, not a single one of the 70% who had their children regretted it. Moms on TikTok are getting in on the latest social-media challenge by exposing their breasts to their babies and recording their enticed reactions. I have girlfriends who don't want kids because it might interfere with their careers. 4 About one-in-four mothers are raising their children on their own. I don't blame mothers for their single-issue approach to life; I would probably have been the same. "The mother-child bond that is part of the feeling of maternal love is a product of evolution through natural selection in an environment where such a bond is essential for the newborn's survival." Well, we don't know that for a fact. So, instead, they may choose adoption. Some of these women had given up their babies for adoption, and some of them had kept their babies – but the unifying factor among all of them was that none of them regretted giving birth. Many women hear an ominous ticking of their “biological clock” when they reach their 30s, while others never hear it at all. In 46% of households with a mother and father, both parents are employed full time, up from 31% in 1970. Adoption agencies exist specifically to help birth mothers and adoptive families on their journey, including: Agency adoptions offer most or all of the adoption services you need in one place. In fact, mothers are the primary breadwinners in four-in-ten U.S. families. 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