Single Parenting vs Married Parenting

[mithrril]

Olya

We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,

I don't like this generalization. Children do best coming from happy, healthy, loving households. It really does not matter how many people are at the head of that household or who they are to those children.

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.

Indeed. My parents were married until late elementary school and, after that, I was raised primarily by my mother. I did see my father regularly but I generally just spent the night at his house or apartment and we didn't have much of a relationship. He didn't pay for much at all, during the marriage or after.

I felt loved and had a good life before and after my parents divorce. However, when my parents were together, I got to see on a daily basis how my father treated my mother. He never abused me but he was terrible to my mom. He screamed, yelled, and ranted at her all the time and occasionally threw things at her. She left him when he finally physically hit her. I remember being very upset when they got divorced but I'd always known it was coming. I used to worry about my parents getting divorced for as far back as I can remember. After the divorce I still felt loved and taken care of but I didn't have to witness mental and physical abuse against my mother. I also got to witness her become a stronger person, get a self esteem, and be my best friend. I think my life was much better being raised my mom alone than by both of my parents.

It really depends on the situation and who the parent(s) are. Yes it is harder to raise your children as a single parent because every single responsibility falls on you and you alone. But if the parent is up to the challenge and does their best for their child, that child's life can be just as good and fulfilling as a child with two parents.

[Im_the_real_Crystal]

Psychologically children that grow up with only one parent usually end up being good friend with that gender and craving attention from the other.

In other words if you are a girl growing up with only her mom you will probably have a lot of female friends in life, but the only thing you'll want from boys is attention. Some psychologist even suggest that this may have something to do with homosexual thoughts. According to Freud (whom I don't like that much, but he did have some good points every once and a while) a child growing up between the ages of 3 to 6 years old experience what is known as the "phallic stage" where little girls want to "marry" there daddy and little boys there mom.

But if you're a little girl with only a mom then you're thought could become confused and you could wind up homosexual in life. And if you're a little boy when you're daddy doesn't just move out of the picture you'll learn than you want to be like him so you can get a wife like youre mom. But if you don't have a dad you'll have no role model to look up to which could mean you'll go to any girl just to get female attention. Of course that is only a theory, but it does seem to make sense.

[Yoshpet]

Olya

We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,

You are 300% correct.

I don't like this generalization. Children do best coming from happy, healthy, loving households. It really does not matter how many people are at the head of that household or who they are to those children.

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.

[ShiShiDing]

Why does the title have married parenting?

You can have two parents that arent married

[Rosetta Celestine]

Im_the_real_Crystal

Psychologically children that grow up with only one parent usually end up being good friend with that gender and craving attention from the other.

In other words if you are a girl growing up with only her mom you will probably have a lot of female friends in life, but the only thing you'll want from boys is attention. Some psychologist even suggest that this may have something to do with homosexual thoughts. According to Freud (whom I don't like that much, but he did have some good points every once and a while) a child growing up between the ages of 3 to 6 years old experience what is known as the "phallic stage" where little girls want to "marry" there daddy and little boys there mom.

But if you're a little girl with only a mom then you're thought could become confused and you could wind up homosexual in life. And if you're a little boy when you're daddy doesn't just move out of the picture you'll learn than you want to be like him so you can get a wife like youre mom. But if you don't have a dad you'll have no role model to look up to which could mean you'll go to any girl just to get female attention. Of course that is only a theory, but it does seem to make sense.

So that's why I'm such a slut.

But seriously, I doubt this theory has much credibility. I have plenty of guy friends that I don't "crave attention" from and I was raised pretty much solely by my mom.

[Boudica Celtic Queen]

Rosetta Celestine

Im_the_real_Crystal

Psychologically children that grow up with only one parent usually end up being good friend with that gender and craving attention from the other.

In other words if you are a girl growing up with only her mom you will probably have a lot of female friends in life, but the only thing you'll want from boys is attention. Some psychologist even suggest that this may have something to do with homosexual thoughts. According to Freud (whom I don't like that much, but he did have some good points every once and a while) a child growing up between the ages of 3 to 6 years old experience what is known as the "phallic stage" where little girls want to "marry" there daddy and little boys there mom.

But if you're a little girl with only a mom then you're thought could become confused and you could wind up homosexual in life. And if you're a little boy when you're daddy doesn't just move out of the picture you'll learn than you want to be like him so you can get a wife like youre mom. But if you don't have a dad you'll have no role model to look up to which could mean you'll go to any girl just to get female attention. Of course that is only a theory, but it does seem to make sense.

So that's why I'm such a slut.

But seriously, I doubt this theory has much credibility. I have plenty of guy friends that I don't "crave attention" from and I was raised pretty much solely by my mom.

Single parenting can lead to homosexuality? Baseless point. What of the two-parent homes who have one or more kids who are homosexual? Your "theory" makes no sense and is a strawman fallacy.

[Vice Admiral Romeo Mike]

Bouidicca

Rosetta Celestine

Im_the_real_Crystal

Psychologically children that grow up with only one parent usually end up being good friend with that gender and craving attention from the other.

In other words if you are a girl growing up with only her mom you will probably have a lot of female friends in life, but the only thing you'll want from boys is attention. Some psychologist even suggest that this may have something to do with homosexual thoughts. According to Freud (whom I don't like that much, but he did have some good points every once and a while) a child growing up between the ages of 3 to 6 years old experience what is known as the "phallic stage" where little girls want to "marry" there daddy and little boys there mom.

But if you're a little girl with only a mom then you're thought could become confused and you could wind up homosexual in life. And if you're a little boy when you're daddy doesn't just move out of the picture you'll learn than you want to be like him so you can get a wife like youre mom. But if you don't have a dad you'll have no role model to look up to which could mean you'll go to any girl just to get female attention. Of course that is only a theory, but it does seem to make sense.

So that's why I'm such a slut.

But seriously, I doubt this theory has much credibility. I have plenty of guy friends that I don't "crave attention" from and I was raised pretty much solely by my mom.

Single parenting can lead to homosexuality? Baseless point. What of the two-parent homes who have one or more kids who are homosexual? Your "theory" makes no sense and is a strawman fallacy.

Actually, it isn't a strawman. Correct? Not at all, but still not a strawman. A strawman, you see, is a shoddy facade "resembling" an argument made to be easily destroyed. As this isn't attacking the OP, it is impossible for it to serve as such.

[Boudica Celtic Queen]

Vice Admiral Romeo Mike

Bouidicca

Rosetta Celestine

Im_the_real_Crystal

Psychologically children that grow up with only one parent usually end up being good friend with that gender and craving attention from the other.

In other words if you are a girl growing up with only her mom you will probably have a lot of female friends in life, but the only thing you'll want from boys is attention. Some psychologist even suggest that this may have something to do with homosexual thoughts. According to Freud (whom I don't like that much, but he did have some good points every once and a while) a child growing up between the ages of 3 to 6 years old experience what is known as the "phallic stage" where little girls want to "marry" there daddy and little boys there mom.

But if you're a little girl with only a mom then you're thought could become confused and you could wind up homosexual in life. And if you're a little boy when you're daddy doesn't just move out of the picture you'll learn than you want to be like him so you can get a wife like youre mom. But if you don't have a dad you'll have no role model to look up to which could mean you'll go to any girl just to get female attention. Of course that is only a theory, but it does seem to make sense.

So that's why I'm such a slut.

But seriously, I doubt this theory has much credibility. I have plenty of guy friends that I don't "crave attention" from and I was raised pretty much solely by my mom.

Single parenting can lead to homosexuality? Baseless point. What of the two-parent homes who have one or more kids who are homosexual? Your "theory" makes no sense and is a strawman fallacy.

Actually, it isn't a strawman. Correct? Not at all, but still not a strawman. A strawman, you see, is a shoddy facade "resembling" an argument made to be easily destroyed. As this isn't attacking the OP, it is impossible for it to serve as such.

Well, I was being nice, but that was one of the most idiotic points I have ever seen and comes from the belief that people choose to be gay. Actually, it's not a point at all, just an uneducated theory that does NOT make sense.

[Russian Hooker]

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I think its better to be brought of with two parents.
Just my opion.

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[CoffeeSip]

I think the family unit has never been the 'two parent' fantasy people think, that there is no traditional family at all and any home that gives good care and nurturing should be fine. We grow up surrounded by people of both sexes and all ages in our villages, towns and cities so there is no lack of them for children to look to. But if there are issues in the family it could isolate the child and the family from having those type of relationships and that limits who they will 'see' to emulate.

This is just my opinion. mrgreen

[Sid Chastity]

Flamefist_Aces

Children who live with both parents have better life chances than those who live in single parent households. To what extent can this view be justified?

Becoming a single parent isn't something many people choose to do. It's something that just happens. Why does it need to be justified? There is a reason that person is a single parent and sometimes that reason is because their partner was unfit in some way. Would you leave a child in that kind of environment?

[this rainbow lover]

Though I only had one biolgical parent in my house when I was younger, I had a lot of other kind of people as well. My mother's boyfriend and his roomate (the best man I have ever met), my grandmother, my aunt, my uncle, my older brother and his friends, my mother's close girlfriends. I was raised in a one parent household, but I was raised my many different kind of people.

[Prince Rilian]

how come you're ignoring the other options?
like 2 unmarried people raising a kid together, or more than 2 people raising a kid together or a married person raising a kid alone or a married person raising a kid with someone other than their spouse. or probably some other things I haven't thought of.
probably having more supportive people around is better.
when a kid has more than one parent, sometimes the parents disagree about how to raise the kid. not bad for the kid, but hard on the parents.

[Prince Rilian]

Sid Chastity

Flamefist_Aces

Children who live with both parents have better life chances than those who live in single parent households. To what extent can this view be justified?

Becoming a single parent isn't something many people choose to do

i for one want to be a singular unmarried parent. i have unorthodox child-raising ideals and i don't need anyone else butting in to ******** up my kid.

[Sid Chastity]

Prince Rilian

Sid Chastity

Flamefist_Aces

Children who live with both parents have better life chances than those who live in single parent households. To what extent can this view be justified?

Becoming a single parent isn't something many people choose to do

i for one want to be a singular unmarried parent. i have unorthodox child-raising ideals and i don't need anyone else butting in to ******** up my kid.

I said "many." Many people, not all people.