maleficent

Sometimes a statistic is just a number, and really doesnt have a lot of bearing in the real world. There are plenty of children in two parent homes who also have those same issues, but because a two parent home isn't out of the ordinary, it's not recorded.

There are also plenty of single parents who are doing a fine job raising their children, but don't get put onto any statistics list because they have done their job raising their children a nd their children don't draw the attention of statisticians.

While I would agree it is best for the child to have two parents that love and take care of it, one parent can do the job just as well.

Some of the quotes sound like they were from people who had no business having children to begin with. I would say a lot of those issues come from the parents not having a good relationship, with each other or with themselves, if the parents were both in the child's life, the issues would be the same.

Bottom line, it's people who are having children that aren't ready to be having children that is the problem. One parent, two parents, an entire village, if the child isn't wanted and loved, then there are going to be problems

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