To: Poet who wrote (4899 ) 6/29/2001 11:33:16 PM From: Dayuhan Read Replies (3) | Respond to Many people still believe, of course, that raising children is the natural preserve of the female and that a child raised by one parent should naturally be raised by the mother. I don't see where that belief comes from, except from social inertia. In some ways, I would say that men are better prepared, by training and perhaps by inclination, to accept problems like social isolation. Women, too, are trained (and again, perhaps inclined) to be more emotionally needy, more dependent on a partner. Emotional need is a very tough thing for a single parent; I would have to put emotional self-sufficiency very high on the list of qualifications for happy single parenthood. Money would be right up there too. It makes a huge difference.
