For those of you who believe that single motherhood is a serious problem that needs to addressed,

[Anonymous]

Personal responsibility. Acknowledge importance of family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i don’t see it as a problem. The problem is the lack of money and lack of support single mothers are given.

Single mothers are demonized because they are women.

If most single parents were men they would be given support and accolades.

Misogyny is a lot deeper than people realize.

It isn’t just money.
My kids’ dad gives us plenty of money.
But he is largely absent, and they miss him.
Boys in particular need a father.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well clearly abortion is off the table for those folks. They probably believe the children should be taken and adopted out to married heterosexual couples.

Clearly the answer is put a cap on people’s wealth. Take anything about 250K per year and anything over 1 million in the bank. That’s all they need. Give it to single mothers, and all the immigrants coming in. They need it more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what solutions do you propose?

Arranged marriages. Not even joking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a Democrat + feminist, and believe single motherhood is a problem for women + kids. Men get off nearly free w/o any concerns. I would make men have vasectomies if they refuse to pay child support.

I'm a man who had a vasectomy and I agree 100%.

My body my choice. MY BODY MY CHOICE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Personal responsibility. Acknowledge importance of family.

This is a non-answer.

[Anonymous]

Stoning, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard:

Ban divorce
Ban birth control
Abolish welfare (including any kind of subsidized childcare or Medicaid)

If you ban divorce you also have to ban abuse, additiction and adultery. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Democrat + feminist, and believe single motherhood is a problem for women + kids. Men get off nearly free w/o any concerns. I would make men have vasectomies if they refuse to pay child support.

Can't interfere with someone's body/medical/reproductive choices. No.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well clearly abortion is off the table for those folks. They probably believe the children should be taken and adopted out to married heterosexual couples.

Clearly the answer is put a cap on people’s wealth. Take anything about 250K per year and anything over 1 million in the bank. That’s all they need. Give it to single mothers, and all the immigrants coming in. They need it more.

Troll

[Anonymous]

I guess my question is do women want to be single mothers?
I get the rich people like Charlize Theron and Sandra bullock who have tons of money and can pay for help WANT to be single moms; but single moms of multiple kids who often have different fathers I assume also wanted to or knew they would be raising the kids on their own. So is it a problem?
For the rest of us yes; as often those are the types of kids who struggle in life - but the moms made the choice for them. I thought most of this forum was pro-choice, it does not only mean on abortion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess my question is do women want to be single mothers?
I get the rich people like Charlize Theron and Sandra bullock who have tons of money and can pay for help WANT to be single moms; but single moms of multiple kids who often have different fathers I assume also wanted to or knew they would be raising the kids on their own. So is it a problem?
For the rest of us yes; as often those are the types of kids who struggle in life - but the moms made the choice for them. I thought most of this forum was pro-choice, it does not only mean on abortion.

Yes, it is a problem when 42% of births in 2020 were financed by Medicaid; 63% of youth suicides were from fatherless homes; and 75% of the long-term correctional facility inmates are from father-absent households.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Personal responsibility. Acknowledge importance of family.

This. I’ll add teaching women about personal finance as well.

I am a feminist who also happened to be raised by a single mother. While it’s 100% true that kids with both pat have better outcomes, it’s also true that single mothers are demonized due to misogyny.

Finally, my unpopular opinion is that single mothers are often doing their child a favor by remaining single when the child biological dad is not around. The rates of child abuse when a non-biological male is present in the household is dramatically higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what solutions do you propose?

Tax policy that further subsidizes married couples with children. Be it further tax cuts/credits etc.

[Anonymous]

What is the percentage of families with a single mother?

That percentage is not sustainable. Father figures are important.

You see the effects on society today.

Don't reward single patenting. Staying together is sometimes difficult, but single parenting of close to 50% is not acceptable either. An abusive relationship is a different subject altogether.

But the outcomes are not as good as two parent families in the aggregate.

So I wouldn't cut out subsidies, but I would cut them back and make it less attractive.