The Organization Parents without Partners, Inc was founded in 1957 and has more than 50,000 members in the United States and Canada. Members must be single because of separation, divorce, death, or by having never been married. The parent need not be the biological parent, but must have been in a parenting relationship. Members range in age from 18 to 80. Average length of membership is four years.
Members come from all walks of life and are of all faiths and political beliefs.