Re: Increasing Divorce Rate
"depends - that's not what stats show in the Amrikan ishtates. Single-parent homes are a big concern - very few pple can manage it, although the ones that do deserve accolades.
Plus, some single parents have other family support to help them, so kiddo has aunts and grandmas etc around him/her all the time.
Or maybe parent gets lucky with a responsible and caring babysitter."
Stats can be misleading...i agree single parent families can so easily not work out...a stripper i met has no idea as to how to raise her as she had her child when she was 16 at the time and didnt have the best upbringing herslef...she prioritises her own fun over the needs of her child...she strips at night and is a coke addict...she young and wants to have fun but at the expense of her child...her child was not done because she intended to have one...its just she decided not to have an abortion when she fell pregnant....
Now for those who intend to have children but end up alone raising the child the situation is better...im from a single parent background but my mother wanted a child and made raising me her priority...infact the fact she was a single parent probably made me easier to prioritise me over anything else because i am all she has...
So the issue is to do with care of the child...Two parent families are no different...Im sure if you check stats for when two parents are working...the child tends to not turn out well as no-one is caring for the wellbeing...a nanny or babysitter is there to mind you...not to bring you up...
And as for extended families they can be very useful but unofrtunately in our narrow minded society there is probably no room fro help with a single asian mother...