I moved from California to Portugal as a single mom of 2. Here people actually care about kids. [Video]
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I moved from California to Portugal as a single mom of 2. Here people actually care about kids. [Video]

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aisha Canfield. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I had been playing with the idea of moving to Portugal when I was still married, and my first child was very young. The end of my marriage and the birth of my second child really tore down the structures I was a part of, and the loss of my life as I knew it made room for me to dream again.

I had this sense of freedom that I could create a life for my daughters and me that my marriage and the US couldn’t provide. I had been to Portugal a few times and felt drawn to the shared value of community.

I wanted something different for my daughters

In the US, individualism really makes it difficult to parent, especially as a single parent. There is an expectation of martyrdom for mothers, shaming of single mothers, and praise for working like …

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