My mom was a divorced parent by 1967 when I was three. She always made it clear to not get pregnant as a teen as she did and "have to marry". My mother wanted me to have more in life than being a divorced or never-married mother who had to work her ass off to support a child because the man will not pay the child support. Fortunately, I chose a childfree-by-choice life. History did not repeat itself in my family. Unfortunately, it is the opposite with most of the single moms.
A young woman I know came from a mother who had EIGHT kids but no dad around for most of the sprogs. ALL of the female children, including the younger friend, are single moos from shit men. Either they are on welfare or working as strippers to pay for these kids. My young friend has a decent job but still has had the second ex-husband who used her for a green card so he could work in his field of banking rather than work under-the-table as an illegal from Jamaica. Teenaged first husband never paid support and does not see the daughter.
After divorcing #2, she is now living with a man who refuses to work and she thinks she has no other choices. I tell the young lady to "get rid of the motherfucker already" but she won't. The child has changed schools so many times in the past ten months that it is not even funny because this will affect her education. This eight-year-old will probably go onto repeat the history of her mom's family which is really sad. This is what single motherhood does to most young women even if they are able to somehow pull themselves up and get good jobs.