In today’s day in age, single parents have been increasing. 30 percent of families are headed by a single parent there are over 12 million single parent’s households in the US in 2000. Among children who live with one parent, approximately 38 percent live with a divorced parent; 35 percent with a never-married parent, 19 percent with a separated parent, 4 percent with a widowed parent and 4 percent with a parent whose spuse lived elsewhere. 22 million children in the US go home to a single parent and an estimate is about 83 percent of their single parents are moms.
- do you think 83 percent of single parents are moms is a high number
I think it is a very high number because I think the father should be there for their kids because they made them and they should be there to support the mother.
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see, coming from a single parent family it can take a toll but personaly. It doesn't surprise me. the amount of fathers that might feel like it's better to let the mother raise them because it's whats better for the child is exponential. Or it can be an even be other personal or leagal reasons. Sometimes they want to be there but can't. Want to support them but they can't. there is always more then one side to the story. So I would like to ask for everyone to consider both before jumping to conclustions that can be offencive. it's better to get your facts straight before you even try to think you have a full understanding. I'm not trying to be rude I would just like to bring the fact of incomplete in fact not opion statements.
I believe it is a high number, but it definitely doesn't surprise me. In almost all stories you hear, it is the father "leaving to go get some milk and never coming back." In a divorce it is usually the women who wins custody of the children.
I think this is a high number percentage wise. It's sad how so many kids go home to a single parent household. I've never had that, so I don't know what it's like but I feel like it gets hard to go through that everyday. Plus, most are just moms. If I were a single parent mom, it would be hard for me to handle that. There would be no other support and those moms are basically going through it alone.
I also think that 83 percent is a high number and I don't really know if there is any way that we could solve this problem. Something that I find interesting is that number has sky rocketed since the 1950's. Do you know why this is happening?
In my opinion I think moms are the ones that end up taking care of the child/children for example if the parents get a divorce or the father runs away. So in my opinion it is a big deal, because the mom will be struggling trying to take care of the child/children, and she will also have to work to help provide needs for her kid(s).
Yes, that is a very high number. So many young kids are starting to have babies and the dads always decide to leave, that is just how it is. KIds are young and they get scared, but this is also happening with older people. Fathers need to be their for there kids and it is just not happening.
Yes I do think that 83% is a very high percentage. It would be very hard for just one single parent to provide and raise children on her own. The mom probably is always at work trying to make as much money as she can, so her children don't get to see her very much. Therefore the relationship between the mom and the kids isn't very good.
Yes, I think it is a very high number, 83 percent of single parents are moms. Usually the dad has some issue and doesn't want anything to do with the kids. But the dads defiently need to do their job and take care of the kids.
Yes, it does seem like a high number because it is. Is it because the dad does not want the kids, or is it that the kids do not want to be with their dads? It doesn't seem right to me either way because they are still family.
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