Are single parents just as successful in raising their child? (drugs, solution)
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They played sports, got in fights, got dirty, are hunters, fishermen and about as mountain man as you can get.
Do you think really those characteristics you described make children more masculine?
I didnt say that it makes children more masculine and no I dont think so. This statement was in response to the idea that boys raised by only a female parent will result in a less masculine male (and I've had people make statement to me that boys raised by women turn gay), I am making a point that this was definately not the case with my own sons.
So do you believe that a female child that hunts and fishes and plays football is more masculine or do you use the term tomboy?
"Are single parents just as successful in raising their children?"
As successful as who? As other posters mentioned, a married couple raising kids is not more successful simply by virtue of being married.
That said, it would seem preferable to have two parents around who are both engaged and active in the kid's life. But I know adults who were raised in single parent households and were fine in school and became responsible adults and successful in their own goals (my husband is one of them). I know a kids of single parent households who excel in school and seem to receive bottomless support and love from their single parent and are very "well rounded". So yes, I think a single parent can be just as successful as a married couple raising kids.
Of course two parents in one household is the best way to go because they can help each other and provide more financially for the kids. However, this doesn't indicate that a single parent who does it alone with less money can't raise great kids. Just because it is harder....doesn't mean it can't be done.
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Originally Posted by Cbarry123
What is your opinion on the effect of a young child's developmental growth (0-6yrs) in a single-parent home as opposed to a two-parent home?
I was esentially raised in a single-parent home for most of my childhoood. My mother had advantages because she was 35 when she had me, already had a college degree, a stable career in the Air Force, and had no trouble receiving child support b/c of deduction of my dad's paycheck (he was USAF too.) I did turn out better than a lot of kids with single parents I know (21, FT job, junior in college.)
The main problem with most single parent homes today is that the mothers are usually young (18-24), little post-secondary education, unstable careers, and turbulent home life. No involvement or support from the fathers will intensify the problem.
A single-parent home can be sucessful. It is hard but not impossible.
I work in an agency with teen moms and the majority of them are young and single. I first hand see the difficulties they face as single parents. There are many resources that may assist them financially, but its still a hard task to raise a child on their own. I personally feel that a male figure is needed in a child's life as well. Do you all think that it matters if the parent is their biological parent? For example, do you feel that the child will have different attachment bonds if they were raised by a different family member or adoptive parent as opposed to their birth parents?
It really depends on function, characteristic and relationship of parents. A qualified parent equals two parents family which only has one functional adult. Obviously, it's best for children to have two-parent family, but the premise is they maintain a harmonious relationship and sound development of social personality, for example, not abusive or violent.
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. My daughter tells me I was amazing. Heh. 
