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I think that these statistics are bull. Maybe like back in the 70's and 80's these "facts" were true, but no today. There's a difference between a fatherless home and a broken home. Broken homes exsist in 2 parent families, in marriages and in divorce/separation.
My mom's provided a better home for me then most two parent families. She's always put her kids before herself, listened to us, set up boundaries and kept us organized. At the same time she's held down a full time job and was always home after school and on weekends.
I see more two parent families end up with pregnant kids, drug addicts, in prison then I do single parent homes. Why? Because your behaviour isn't determined whether or not mommy and daddy live together, it's determined by how whatever parents you do have around raise you. If mom and dad are always at work and the single mom is at home after school which daughter is more likely to get pregnant?
These statistics make me mad. They feed a stereotype and excuse behaviour. "Oh, she/he doesn't have a father around, what could you expect?" According to these statistics I should be out pregnant, shooting crack on the streets and raping people with only my grade 9 to show for it.
Divorce sucks, yea, I realise this and most parents do end up dragging their kids through their emotional battlefield. I wish instead of slapping down a bunch of statistics the government would set up some councelling services. And how about throwing out some statistics of children from a home with two working parents?
This makes me mad. /end rant.
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