SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: one_less who wrote (9211)10/13/1998 3:01:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 67261
 
Where does it say children are better off being raised by a single mother?

Nowhere - the question is, are they any WORSE off.

Although I am sure there are exceptions, I think social services statistics can give you glaring evidence on this.

I doubt it, because the problem is the economic conditions are not excluded from the results. The Murphy Brown character that the right is so opposed to is wealthy. The question is, is a child better off in a wealthy single mother household vs a 2 parent household in lesser economic circumstance? The question is far more complicated than the right lets on. They were just looking for an issue in 1992, and they picked the wrong one, angered a lot of people with it.



To: one_less who wrote (9211)10/13/1998 3:13:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 67261
 
>>> Traditionally extended family means Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and inlaws <<<

Uh, no. Never. What you are describing is called the family. Extended family are others who are included as well, even situations where no-one is related by blood. Close-knit platoons who stay in touch after a war, childhood friends who stick, Godparents, etc.

Chaz