Single Motherhood is Increasing, Single Motherhood - is it Good for the Society

Single motherhood is a widely accepted system in western country. Of late, in our country also,the number of single, financially independent women, who are opting for adoption instead of relying on marriage to become 'mommies' are growing. Actress Sushmita Sen, who set the trend by adopting daughter Renee in 2000, is also reportedly planning to adopt a second child . Most of the country's adoption agencies - (only Church-run centre does not allow single parent adoption) - have an average of two single women on each of their waitlists. "There is a dramatic rise in demand. Two years ago, we just had two to three single women enrolling across adoption agencies in a year," said authority from one of the Adoption Coordination Agency, which oversees adoption in the city. The number of enquiries are higher than actual enrolment. "We have been getting two to three enquiries from single women every month this year as compared to one or two enquiries per year in the past" said the corrospondent from a city based adoption agency. In past one year, adoption agencies have also received calls from single men but none have registered so far.