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Families can survive without the dad, but it sure makes for a better home life with two supportive parents, especially when both are a good role model.
Families can survive without the dad, but it sure makes for a better home life with two supportive parents, especially when both are a good role model.
I think families can also survive without a mother.. many do. I think both roles are equally important to the development of a child. They may not live together anymore but a mother and father involved in the child's live is important. I don't think it has to be the actual biological parents (either side) but simply someone to take on that role in their lives.
Quite a few of my friends are single mothers (and 1 single father). It is very difficult to go alone. In some cases for some reason or another, the one with primary custody doesn't make it easy for the other parent to remain involved.... the kids are often pawns in the divorce game unfortunately. One of my friends does this to her Ex.... I've made it known as a father that I don't like what she is doing but that's her business. It rubs me the wrong way since I'm in a similar situation. Fortunately, my ex and I are amicable and both have common goals for our children... We now live together co-parenting and the kids are happy.
One of my closest friends has a royal mess of a household... lots of problems. Her toddler grandchild is without a father. I am almost over every weekend; often with my own children to spend time with her. She is like the daughter I never had. My friend has mentioned many times how that has made a world of difference.
"...that nearly 18.5 million children grow up without their fathers..." wow,,, that's gotta be what? like 28% of total kids in America? that's a huge number, more than 1 in 4. Damn, I wish there was a quick way to solve this
This is not news. The U.S. has been leading the world in ttyshi parenting for decades. And we wonder why all the other developed nations children score higher on standardized tests, particularly in math.
This is not news. The U.S. has been leading the world in ttyshi parenting for decades. And we wonder why all the other developed nations children score higher on standardized tests, particularly in math.
I've spent some time thinking about this, and I believe the people who really suffer in one-parent households are the single parents themselves. Kids are incredibly resilient and can and do thrive in a variety of family settings. My father was raised by a single mother after his father died during WWII, but my grandmother had a very large number of extended family members who chipped in to help her, and she was able to go to college and forge a career while my father was surrounded by the love and attention he needed to grow into a healthy, accomplished man. Today, we have much smaller families, so that kind of help is in short supply, and single parents struggle to do it all themselves.
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