Source: NY Times:
LOI, Vietnam — They had no plan to break barriers or cause trouble. But 30 years ago in this bucolic village in northern Vietnam, the fierce determination of one group of women to become mothers upended centuries-old gender rules and may have helped open the door for a nation to redefine parenthood.
Being a single mother has been a great challenge in USA. Children of single parents are handicapped in many ways.
Actually it takes a village to raise a good child, if you would read Ex First Lady Hilary Clinton’s book.