The ups-downs and the bland mid-points of parenting are a bundle of experiences that all parents love to go through, even when it is hard. Some parents are single and who have to go through this journey alone, showing their hard work and a powerful narrative. These emotional dramas feature single parents who leave you all stunned. Here are some great Chinese dramas about single parents with powerful narratives.
1. The Corner Of Love
The Corner of Love is a romance drama released in 2023, starring Jiang Wen Li and Ming Dao. Che Ju Yi is a divorced elementary physical education teacher, who with all his savings bought a big house and moved in with his daughter. However, one day Fang Ling, a strange woman comes and claims the house is hers. Soon, they learn that they had fallen into one room, two sales traps. She is the brand director of an international clothing company, who lives with her six-year old son.
2. Oh! My Dreamy Daddy
It is a romance drama released in 2020, starring Sun Rong Kai, Kenny Zhang, and Yan Yu Xin. Due to conspiracy, Gu Zi Jin and Qin Mu Xuan have a baby, Qin Xiao Bai. Years later, they met again. Zi Jin is said to be a cold-hearted CEO who doesn't like getting close to women, but he wants her by his side. Xiao Bai has never seen or heard about his dad before. At times, he feels lonely and is bullied by his classmates. When five years later, he was being bullied and his father appears.
3. Loving, Never Forgetting
It is a romance melodrama released in 2014, directed by Tsang Lai Chun, starring Jerry Yan and Tong Li Ya. Wu Tong first met Li Zhong Mou, when the blooming lotus flowers were falling, but had to part ways. Years later, when they reunite, he had forgotten all about her existence, leaving her sad. The only thing he wants from her now is the guardianship of their son. They were together for seven years, can they fix this broken relationship?
4. The Magical Women
It is a romance drama released in 2023, directed by Chen Chang, starring Qin Lan and Deng Jia Jia. It is a story of An Ning and Su Fei, two single mothers, with very different personalities but who band together due to their breakdown in their families. They work together, in forming their alliance to fight back, and to heal their emotional pain while unlocking new lives.
5. Unforgettable Love
It is a comedy romance drama released in 2021, directed by Li Yu Lei, starring Wei Zhe Ming and Hu Yi Xuan. It is adapted from the Mr He’s Love is Not Forgotten novel. It revolves around a child psychologist, Qin Yi Yue, and the CEO of Heshi Group, Qiao Yan. It tells the story of an indifferent and rational man and a soft, considerate, optimistic, and meticulous, whose relationship that develops from acquaintance to love.
6. Unmarried Hot Mom
Also known as Dan Qin La Ma is a family romance drama released in 2022, starring Liu Rui Qiao and Wang Yi Jun. Wu Manni after partying with her best friend suddenly feels sick and soon learns that she is three months pregnant. She realizes that it is her ex-boyfriend’s child. She decides to get an abortion, however, at the last minute she changes her mind and decides to give birth. While driving she collides with Fang Jiacheng, a company’s director.
7. Because Of Love
It is a medical melodrama released in 2022, directed by Liu Jun Jie, starring Tian Lei Xi, Wang Yang, Li Xiao Ran, and Wallace Chung. Tan Jing is a single mother whose son, Sun Ping, has a heart disease. She leads a thrift life to save up for her son’s surgery. Nie Yu Sheng, a heart surgeon, working to help children with heart disease and is working on funding this surgery project. His first patient was Sun Ping. During this, he discovers his mother is Tan Jing, his past lover.
8. Mr. Nanny
Shen Xin Wei is a rising star as an educator in North America. He is righteous, honest but gets framed for something he didn’t do. Due to this he leaves and comes back to China. His luck however worsens as he runs into more trouble like arranging his living expenses. Na Na is a white collar-worker, who just after registering her marriage abroad, soon learns that whom she has fallen for has an impending marriage waiting for him in China. She realizes she’s pregnant and prepares to be a single mother, where he volunteers to be the nanny.
9. Please Be My Family
It is a family romance released in 2023, starring Jade Cheng and Xie Bin Bin. Qi Si Le, to cover the surgery expenses for Xuan Xuan, her daughter’s brain tumor, needs to secure the Maolin planning project. She at the same time relentlessly pursues Song Hao Yu, Maolin’s boss. While Song Hao is trying to help Chen Cheng’s son choose a birthday gift, he notices that Qi Si is wearing a brooch identical to the one Chen Cheng has. Following the clue of the brooch, Song finds the relationship between Xuan and Chen.
10. Nursing Our Love
It is a family romance drama released in 2015. The story is about a single mother, Zhang Ying Xue who has custody of her child and works as a nurse in a hospital. She meets Liu Jia Cheng, the Dean at the wedding of Xiao Jun, her sister and Jia You, Jia Cheng’s younger brother. Ying Xue’s former mother-in-law had to return to her grandson to have a big wedding. Due to this, Zhu Zhu, Jiang’s mother, was dissatisfied with Ying’s family.
