Dr. Jill Inderstrodt writes about science & single parenting. Sometimes both. 

Dr. Inderstrodt became a single parent just weeks after her daughter was born. As a family health researcher, she was suddenly desperate for any information about how her life as a single mom could look. She scoured the internet for answers.

What did single moms do alone every day with a sleeping, crying infant? Did she have a future in relationships – and could she even date while breastfeeding? How would her daughter experience the world as a very young child of divorce? What did the research say about social, emotional, and academic outcomes for the kids of single moms?

She found very little information besides doomsday narratives of miserable single moms and their poorly adjusted kids.

She resolved to write the Google search results she wishes she’d found.

Now, her writing gives voice to millions of moms in the U.S., many of them parenting without a partner. You can find her writing about families in Slate, Boston Globe, Ms. Magazine, The Progressive, The Hill, Education Week, The Indianapolis Star, and many other outlets.