Single motherhood has been a topic of sociological and other researches because the number of mothers who decide to raise children without the help of their partners is increasing more and more. In order to determine the experience and specificity of single motherhood a qualitative research was conducted on ten female interviewees. The analysis of the results led to an insight into the experience of parenthood of divorced mothers and widows. Both groups are characterized by hard life at the beginning of the single parenthood, demanding role of a single mother, efforts to coordinate private and professional life, good relationship with children, and satisfaction with the current lifestyle. The role of a single mother includes stress, pressure and responsibility, but despite that single mothers emphasize that the single parenthood has some positive sides as well. The results of the research showed that in order to understand the experience and situation of single mothers, one has take into consideration the time of entering the single parenthood and its duration, and besides it should be noted that the life of divorced mothers differs from that of the widows.