My language did that better, term is "Alleinerziehender", literally translating to:
"alone nursing (person)".
Also, it incidentally is in the male grammatical form, although that is used as a neutral gender here.
"Single Mom" has become some kind of slur, understanding that correct?
Interesting! I've never heard the male form used except specifically when talking about a male person. I'd guess it's a regional thing again (die/das Nutella anyone?).
But for the single mom/dad I've not heard that as a derogative in daily speech.
For me it makes sense to talk about a situation from the perspective of the people in the situation and not some circumstance.
I've never heard the male form used
Typically you would not use the noun at all, but the adjective "alleinerziehend".
“Single Mom” has become some kind of slur, understanding that correct?
Honestly it entirely depends on the context. Some see single parents as incredible superheros for how much they manage to balance everything and keep it all stable for their kids who are too young to be left alone. But also some use it as a put down, whether as slut-shaming, part of anti-poor rhetoric or there's the infamous "but where are the fathers?!" racial dogwhistle. Basically single parents are a convenient block of people to paint all sorts of different pictures of to push whatever narrative one might be trying to push
Really has a ring to it...
Fucking puritans.
We're still paying the price for their insane zealotry and terrible fashion choices.
And I wish that people would stop trying to find new and inventive ways to find new definitions to screech about, especially when there is nothing wrong with said definitions.
"Single mother" means a mother who is single, without a partner (typically, not always a husband)
There is no judgement in there...
There is nothing offensive in there...
QUICK, LETS BE OUTRAGED ABOUT IT THEN!
Look, there are also children with single fathers, we don't call them "Children of absentee mothers" either because we're all adults and not a group of little children trying to virtue signal themselves to stardom, right?
Right?!
