January Jones welcomed her son Xander in 2011, but created something of a whodunit-style mystery when she refused to publicly identify the lad’s father, choosing to raise him by herself as a single mom.

Looking back, the former “Mad Men” star tells U.K. fashion magazine Red that she has no regrets.

“I don’t believe in regret. I just try to be a better person. Try to be a better mom,” says Jones, as reported by The Daily Mail. “But I think even missteps are done for a reason. I have déjà vu a lot and someone once told me that when you feel déjà vu a lot, it’s because you are living your life the way it should be lived. And so I feel — even if it’s been a mistake — it has led me to where I am now. So, no: I don’t believe in regretting anything.”

She also sees no problem with the lack of a male role model in her son’s life. “It’s good to have strong women around a man to teach him to respect women. He doesn’t have a male person saying ‘don’t cry’ or ‘you throw like a girl.’ All those s***ty things that dads accidentally do.”

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Of course, Jones admits that being a single parent to a rambunctious five-year-old is not without its challenges.

“I don’t want to be bad cop, but to have his respect, I have to be both. I’m an emotionally immature person — I’m an actor for God’s sake. I see myself behaving like a child all the time,” she admits.

“This morning, I made Xander eggs, toast, a smoothie,” she continues. “He spat out his blueberries, threw the eggs into the sink, was playing with his toast, and I just lost my s**t. And I took the plate and threw it in the garbage, in tears. Someone needs to be the mature one here, but I had a full tantrum… Maybe I should get a manny.”

However, Jones insists she has no desire to bring a man into the equation for the time being. “I just don’t feel I need a partner. Do I want one? Maybe. But I don’t feel unhappy or lonely,” she says. “It would have to be someone so amazing that I would want to make room. Someone who would contribute to my happiness and not take away from it.”

In fact, she admits she’s not even that enthused about dating. “After I had Xander, I went on a couple of dates,” she reveals, “and I was like, ‘I’d rather be at home sleeping, watching TV or hanging out with my kid.’ People want to set me up all the time and I’m like, ‘No way.'”

You can read the entire interview in the February issue of Red.