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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

How many absent father households are the choice of the mother raising the child(ren)? He is absent because of the father- whether that be choice, jail, disinterest, another family, etc.  You are punishing women and children for the choices of the male. Super on brand for our culture but nonetheless deplorable. And two parents don't have to be married or live together to raise a child. Data must separate between single parent households with an involved and financially supportive co-parent (regardless of sex) and those that are single parent household by choice and those that are single parent households without an involved and supportive co-parent. These are three different types of issues and more than likely have different outcomes. [/quote]
Why are women choosing to get pregnant with such irresponsible men? Perhaps our values are all wrong. Why not question our priorities? [/quote]

The problem is that there are zero real consequences for men who impregnate women either honestly and accidentally or by lying. We make it way too easy for men to walk away. Single moms don’t pursue child support against the guy that raped them because the rapist would be entitled to visitation. Better if he just doesn’t know. In other case, why drop $25k for a lawyer just to get an order for $250 a week in child support that you can’t collect on? So many men still, in 2023, are less competent than a teenage babysitter. 50/50 custody means mom still does everything except she gets a babysitter some of the time, assuming dad doesn’t flake out to go on a date with his new girlfriend.

I am a mom and it is rewarding, but even with my somewhat capable husband who is a good and engaged father, I feel like I’d be better off without him many days. If he was as useless as some of the men who post on here he’d be out in a heartbeat. [/quote]

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