Single Parent - Single Parents in Media

Single Parents in Media

Single parents have been depicted quite heavily in media. Below lists of examples.

Single mothers:

  • Annie Hughes in The Iron Giant
  • Tess Coleman in Freaky Friday (Widow)
  • Mother Rabbit in Robin Hood (Widow)
  • Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
  • Joyce Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Nancy Botwin in Weeds (Widow)
  • Susan Meyer on Desperate Housewives
  • Carey Martin on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (Divorced)
  • Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy
  • Ellen Talbot on Wishbone (Widow)
  • Kelly Taylor on 90210
  • Amy Juergens on The Secret Life of the American Teenager
  • Kate Austen on Lost
  • Myra McQueen on Hollyoaks
  • Melissa McCall on Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) (Divorced)
  • Zira in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Widow)
  • Jackie Tyler in Doctor Who (Widow)
  • Shelby Corcoran on Glee (Adopted)
  • Sarah Braverman on Parenthood (TV series) (Divorced)

Single fathers:

  • Danny Tanner in Full House (Widower)
  • Richard Castle in Castle
  • Goofy in A Goofy Movie
  • Sheriff Stilinski in Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) (Widower)
  • Robby Ray Stewart in Hannah Montana (Widower)
  • Marlin in Finding Nemo (Widower)
  • Great Prince Of The Forest in Bambi and Bambi II (Widower)
  • Seely Booth in Bones
  • Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard on Darkwing Duck
  • Charlie Swan in the Twilight Series (Divorced)
  • Don Alejandro de la Vega on Zorro (Widower)
  • Ben Cartwright on Bonanza
  • Jimmy Chance in Raising Hope
  • John Winchester (Supernatural) in Supernatural (TV series) (Widower)
  • Allen Harper on Two and a Half Men
  • Andy Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show" (TV Series) (Widower)
  • Russell Lawrence on "Gidget" (TV Series) (Widower)

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Famous quotes containing the words single, parents and/or media:

    “Have you ever had a single moment’s thought about my responsibilities?”
    —Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)

    “Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States.”
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)