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[ailbhe]

"Most women now work and their new economic independence contributes to levels of family break-up which are higher in the UK than in any other Western European country."

Because trapping women through economic dependence is good for children. And fathers have NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

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[livi-short.livejournal.com]

The following quote had my blood boiling. "Children with separate, single or step parents are 50% more likely to fail at school, have low esteem, be unpopular with other children and have behavioural difficulties, anxiety or depression," it argues.

Having been a single mother and a working mother I've obviously raised two uneducated, insecure loaners who will not succeed in life.... anyone who knows Sue or Trish knows how true this statement is.

Poppycock! and Tosh! I say

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I would rephrase that quote as "Children from a nuclear family touted as the One True Way by ridiculous panels of out-of-touch bigots, if their parents also believe said ridiculous bigots and continually tell them how superior they are to 'those nasty kids with the funny family', are more likely to victimise other children whose families aren't exactly the same as theirs"

When put like that it is practically an imperative that we ban panels of out-of-touch bigots right away.

[rmc28]

Actually the important question is what's the absolute percentage, not the change.

If 2% of children raised by two cohabiting parents suffer one or more of these things, and 3% of children raised by separated/single/step parents do ... that's a 50% increase in likelihood by being raised by 1 parent rather than 2.

But that still means the vast majority of ALL kids are doing really well.

If they were talking 20% and 30% that's more worrying, but still means 70% of single-parented kids are just fine thank you very much.

Percentage difference is useless without absolute figures to put the difference in context.

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

Word.

Also, how *dare* they lump in step parents with absent parents? Children with step parents are raised by two parent, you bastards!

And and and, did you notice how insiduously they deploy the "50%" figure to make it seem to the casual peruser that half of all kids from non-standrad families have these sorts of problems??

*fume*