Can single mothers have free time? Do they want to have it?

The article is an attempt to answer the question how single women bringing up children consider their free time. The research and the analysis of the results have been based on the methodology of grounded theory referred to the nature and assumptions of symbolic interactionism theory and they are a part of the project (Non)independent motherhood. Between reliance on social assistance and becoming independent. The research was conducted in the group of 17 mothers. It involved partially structured qualitative interview. The results prove the significant diversification of perceiving free time by mothers. Based on the conducted interviews, the following categories were identified: intentional free time, “unconscious” free time – time “passing by”, free time is the time of my children, “non-existing” free time.