Does single motherhood empower women or does it lead to impoverishment of children? What is the importance of a two parent family? As a general matter I think two parents/partners maximizes the likelihood of successfully raising children. Check this out: American Caste by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal Spring 2012
Its too bad Gwen left this forum, for who better to disagree with your assertion and or preference for a two-parent household then her. Being the feminist that she is, she would have praised the 'Murphy Brown' TV show that exhalted single parent households. Hillary Clinton would have also disagreed with you, especially after writing the book "It Takes a Village" where the collective community should and would create a better world for our children than would that of a two-parent household. Single mothers often lead to their dependence of big daddy government of entitlement largesse to make it through the day. But there is a bit of hope for these single mothers--for often they get to moonlight as prostitutes to supplement the government $$--all to the benefit of their children, I'm sure. Is it any coincidence that obama overwhelmingly won the single mother vote, since they were all dependent on obama's big government largesse.
A single parent home life doesn't empower anybody. It starts kids off behind the 8 ball and significantly increases their probability of struggle and failure in life. It shouldn't take a genius to recognize that two parents are better than one. Fix the broken family unit, and you'll fix 90% of society's ills. Unfortunately, too many people are in love with their vices today. They don't want to give up their destructive actions that lead to broken homes. What they want is to have their cake and eat it too, and they don't understand why it's not happening.
I dont think a single parent household puts children behind the 8 ball. I think it totallly depends on how that single parent was raised, their values, work ethic and family life...that in turn, will be taught to their children. I believe a single parent can be successful and raise thier child in a way where they wont be leeches off the government. You speak of single mothers, what of single dad households? I was raised in one. Is that looked upon differently than single mother households?
On good parent is better than one good and one useless parent. That should be obvious. I brought up three children on my own and they turned out just fine.
I dunno, every household is different. Sometimes two parent households have parents who fight and abuse one another (my parents did), and sometimes moms or dads have to raise their kids alone because of their circumstances (partner died/left/or doesn't want to be involved). I think two parent households with parents who love each other and get along well are probably the best environment to raise a child in and I hope to raise my own future children in such an environment someday, but nobody is perfect either. I came from a two parent household, broken and falling apart with it's fair share of problems and my fiance comes from a single parent household where his mother raised him because his dad was too busy off screwing his employees in another state (he owned strip clubs). We both turned out ok, we get along well and love each other, we support one another in the tough times and we have our own problems that stem from our past but we're trying to move forward with our own lives too. I think that is all anyone tries to do is just get through life as best as they can no matter what kind of household they came from. I wouldn't say single motherhood empowers women, but a woman who has to raise her children alone will do so because she loves her kids and wants what's best for them and will make many sacrifices to try and help further them along in life (most of the time).
I was raised by a single mother with my older sister. I personally would say it still varies. I am 27 years old (Now) I dont drink (at all) Smoke (Smoked cigars once or twice) Dont do any drugs (I barely take aspirin) I bought my first truck, gun, Motorcycle, pay my bills, work at a school district and always willing to help people (even if they have crossed me once or twice) Everyone knows me at work and likes me, When I need something people try to help me (I hate asking for help so I make do without) My mother was a work aholic and on weekends we would go to the .50 cent cinema eat hotdogs that were .50 cents at a shop down from there and go home which was "family time" I would spend most of the day by my ex ranch grandfather my hot rod mechanic uncle and my ex airforce uncle. So I agree its a family that raises a family, However, Single parents are just as good as haveing two parents, just like haveing two parents dosnt mean your going to be a good person
I suppose that's because all the single (unmarried and widowed) moms I know raised some darn fine kids....
Why didn't you title your thread Single Parenthood? Excusing men AGAIN??? Or just another attack on women???
Two good parents is better than one good parent. Not saying that there is never a case where a kid is better off with only one parent, but in most (not all) cases of divorce/single parenthood I've seen, the kids would be better off with an intact two parent family.
So would this not be true as well... One good parents is just as good as Two good parent. Not saying that there is never a case where a kid is better off with Two parents, but in some cases of divorce/single parenthood, the kids would be better off with one parent. I basically copied your post and changed a few words.
I know women are always the target of your hate but why aren't you asking men why they don't step up to their parental responsibilities? I bet if YOUR spouse died young and you were left to raise two kids you'd become a male prostitute...but I know a woman that lost her husband and raised two fine children, she worked and went to school to earn higher degrees, kept a house, did everything herself without becoming a prostitute or going on Welfare....and there are more like her out there but that wouldn't feed your hate so I'm sure you'll ignore it.
As soon as you go and protest Laura Ingraham (either on her radio show or when she is on Fox)....you'd have credibility attacking single motherhood.
Why can't you answer questions in a thread you started? Weren't you raised right? Why couldn't BOTH your parents raise you to face up to things??
Single motherhood for a Conservative woman like Laura Ingraham is fine since as a Conservative she never has and never will rely on the sugar daddy big government to succeed in life the way a liberal welfare mom would do.
Single parenthood is never optimal from the standpoint of the child. It doesn't matter who the mother is. - - - Updated - - - Don't personalize the discussion.
And you made it incorrect. The only part you changed that was a correct restatement was that "In some cases of divorce/single parenthood, the kids would be better off with one parent. Two good parents are better than one good parent. (sorry about the grammar on original point, I was posting without rereading). Most of the time, a two parent situation is a better situation than one parent.
The first questions are "personal"? HOW!? Don't like to face the fact both your parents didn't give you courage??? Or did they?
