Editor’s note: According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, China’s single population has reached 200 million by the end of 2015. More women are choosing to lead a single lifestyle. For those who yearn to be single mothers, are they allowed to have children? Forum readers share their opinions.

　　编者按：民政部表示，2015年底，中国单身人口数量已达到了2亿人。越来越多的女性开始选择单身。对于那些想成为单身妈妈的人，是否允许生孩子呢?论坛的读者们分享了各自的观点。

　　Seneca (Expat in China)

　　塞内卡(外籍人士)

　　It is oh so fashionable to talk about women’s rights including the right to have a child without entering into the bondage that is a marriage.

　　讨论女性的权利，包括摆脱婚姻的束缚生孩子的权利，是很时尚的。

　　Many women and many men are unsuitable as parents or just too selfish to be ideal fathers or mothers; in our day and age parenthood is optional, so let those people remain child-free and obligate those who want to have children to provide ideal conditions for their progeny.

　　很多人并不适合作父母，或者太自私而不能成为完美父母。在当今年代，父母也是可选的，所以，让那些人继续不生育吧，而对那些想生孩子的人提供理想条件。

　　Sunnylin01(China)

　　Sunny林(中国人)

　　Single parent would do just as well as two parents in raising a kid. It’s not about two parents, or one parent. It’s about love and acceptance. Single parent can provide what a child needs by utilizing extended family and friends. The more adults in a child’s life providing love and support, the better off that child will be. Children of two parent households sometimes do badly in life.

　　在抚养孩子的问题上，单身母亲会做的一样好。这不是有几个家长的问题，这是爱和接纳的问题。通过大家庭以及朋友交流，单身母亲同样可以提供孩子成长所需。为孩子提供爱和支持的人越多，孩子就会成长的越好。而父母亲都有的孩子，有时在生活中表现的并不如人意。

　　I think any woman should have the right to decide without government interference. Furthermore, it is debatable whether a single or unmarried woman makes a good or bad mother. Look at China’s divorce statistics and you will find that many woman get divorced after having a child and now are faced with upbringing this child as sole parent. Most of the time it works out just fine for the child, with few exceptions, because a woman by nature is more nurturing. Sure, it would be ideal for a child to have a "set" of parents, but that how life is... Some women do have a very strong desire to be a mother, but do not wish to get entangled with a man/husband.

　　我认为任何一名女性都有权利来决定，而不应受政府干预。再者说，是否一个单身女性或者未婚妈妈就一定不是个好妈妈，这也是有争议的。看看中国的离婚率你就会发现，很多女性在生完孩子后却离婚了，现在也面临独自抚养孩子的现状。大多时候孩子仍能健康的成长，少有例外，这是因为女人天性中更会养育。当然，如果一个孩子既有父亲又有母亲自然是极好的，但现实往往并不理想……一些女性的确很想当妈妈，但却不想找一个男人结婚。

　　BlondeAmber (Ireland)

　　布隆德.安布尔(爱尔兰)

　　Not all married couples make good parents. Equally being raised by a single parent, who may be single through divorce or death of a spouse, does not automatically mean they are dicient in any way. The problem is when the child is an ’accessory’ to family life, rather than a planned/supported individual.

　　并非所有夫妻都是好父母。由单亲抚养长大的孩子也是平等的，她/他可能是离婚或者丧偶单身，这并不就意味着他们有什么不同。问题在于这个孩子成了家庭生活中的“点缀”，而不是计划中的、被支持的个体。

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