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I think this country is experiencing a parenting crisis but I was watching a show on A&E the other day and I was shocked. Some of the young Black kids at the age 14 are already involved in murders and robberies, being prosecuted as adults. What in the hell has gone wrong here? When I was 14, I used to dream about going to college and being and productive member of society? Can anybody describe the type of environment these kids are being raised in? It is very sad and I think these kids could be our future leaders if they only had the proper guidance
I think this country is experiencing a parenting crisis but I was watching a show on A&E the other day and I was shocked. Some of the young Black kids at the age 14 are already involved in murders and robberies, being prosecuted as adults. What in the hell has gone wrong here? When I was 14, I used to dream about going to college and being and productive member of society? Can anybody describe the type of environment these kids are being raised in? It is very sad and I think these kids could be our future leaders if they only had the proper guidance
America is experiencing a parenting crisis, in a time when our economy is in the dumps, more and more families are having to have both parents working, leaving kids to entertain themselves. There also seems to be a growing faction that think not setting limits on our kids is a good thing, allow them to express themselves.
Juvenile crime is related more to socioeconomic status, not the color of one's skin.
True. However, the problem still strikes black families disproportionately. In the United States, something like 70% of black children are born outside of a stable relationship while only 25% of whites and far fewer among asians.
Now one can argue that a two-parent household does not guarantee a healthier, happier, and more socially adjusted child. However, the odds are far higher. What's more, unless you are a Hollywood starlet or some such nonsense, having a child outside of a stable relationship means that it becomes much more difficult to succeed economically, to achieve in school, or generally understand how an adult should function.
True. However, the problem still strikes black families disproportionately. In the United States, something like 70% of black children are born outside of a stable relationship while only 25% of whites and far fewer among asians.
Now one can argue that a two-parent household does not guarantee a healthier, happier, and more socially adjusted child. However, the odds are far higher. What's more, unless you are a Hollywood starlet or some such nonsense, having a child outside of a stable relationship means that it becomes much more difficult to succeed economically, to achieve in school, or generally understand how an adult should function.
It does strike blacks disproportionately, but it's a problem related to poverty, not skin color.
True. However, the problem still strikes black families disproportionately. In the United States, something like 70% of black children are born outside of a stable relationship while only 25% of whites and far fewer among asians.
Now one can argue that a two-parent household does not guarantee a healthier, happier, and more socially adjusted child. However, the odds are far higher.What's more, unless you are a Hollywood starlet or some such nonsense, having a child outside of a stable relationship means that it becomes much more difficult to succeed economically, to achieve in school, or generally understand how an adult should function.
Umm, not sure I agree with this part of your post. I grew up in a single parent household after my mother divorced my father when I was about 18 months old. She did not remarry until I was 23.
While we weren't wealthy, by any means, I did not have difficulties achieving in school or understanding how an "adult should function"(??). I'm not sure how being raised by a single parent made me less "healthy" or less "happy" or less "socially adjusted". And this was in the 60's, when single parent families were less common than they are today. So while I may have been an oddity amongst my peers, briefly, ultimately nobody really cared, and I wasn't any of those things you mentioned.
Now if you are living in crushing poverty directly as a result of being a single parent, that's a different issue, and perhaps being blindingly poor is what causes some of the problems you mentioned, not the single parent aspect.
If any of us had the answer we would be rich. It's really more complicated than it appears.
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