^Quit reading my thoughts...
Singer Jill Scott best said it, "I don't need a man...but your son does."
and what you are seeing is that many women who come from single parent (mothers), become single parents themselves. And they also have a hard time finding or keeping a man. Oftentimes, they get pregnant by a man---who also is from a single mother, who then say to the woman, "you can take care of the child yourself, my mother did it, and so did yours.", unwittingly absolving himself of any responsibility (just as long as he sends a child support check).