Charlie wrote: >(and people seem too forget that single parents are just as often bereaved >as unmarried, so there's no choice for a lot of them), but it's a lot >harder to do well on one's own.
That didn't sound right. So, I looked at http://singleparents.about.com/od/legalissues/p/portrait.htm Which said that less than 2% of custodial single parents were widows or widowers. Obviously, if you include folks like my mom who became a single parent when I was 53, there'd be a lot more, but I think we're all talking about parents raising children, not those with adult children on their own. I don't think this number is unique to the US, but I'll admit I know less about other countries than the US. I agree with Charlie's main thrust, but I think the overwhelming majority of children being raised by only one parent are in a situation where both parents are still alive. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
