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Originally Posted by The Batlord
As the son of a single parent I'm not gonna **** on single parents, as the burden of being the one who's responsible for a life can lead to that person really rising to the occasion, but the idea that one good, dedicated, loving parent is as good as TWO good, dedicated, loving parents is obviously dumb. If my dad weren't a piece of **** then clearly I would have been better off if he'd stayed.
Of course, if I could have been born into a polygamous family of non-mormons who were into that **** because of personal rather than religious beliefs, people who were totally into the relationship and who treated all the kids produced by the relationship as if they were their own, then **** yeah I might be even better off with five or ten parents.
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Well I am with you there Batlord in that I was in the same boat, but the statistics for success rates among children raised by single parents is brutal. From everything, to high school graduation rates, income, crime rates, early pregnancy, they' re are all badly in the negatives.
Whether this has to do with a lack of male guidance & discipline, or males raised by single moms not having the patriarchal values installed to be successful in a competitive society, or the general low income of single moms...I don't know???
All I know is that people who came from good two parent families should thank their lucky stars. I came out okay in the end, but I would most likely be way father ahead in life, had I had a positive father figure around from the start.