“Children who grow up without their biological father are more likely to be unemployed, commit crime and leave education early, according to research by think tank Civitas.

They are also twice as likely to be homeless.

Lone-parent families are three times more likely to live in rented accommodation than couples with children and are also more likely to live in homes that fall below minimum standards.“

That quote is taken from todays Metro. I want to find the researcher who did the study and shove the newspaper up his ARSE!!!

If it said children from, dare I say it, children from “Black” families there would be uproar “THAT’S RACIST” blahblahblah. If it said children from same sex family the cry would be for equality So why is that statement NOT considered biased???.

I was bought up in a single parent family.

My biological father died when I was only 4 my mom didn’t marry my stepdad until I was 20. I went to school passed my exams and then proceeded into further education and I didn’t have to mug any old women to pay my way. After I left I got a JOB…you know coming from a single parent family I thought I’d try and break the mould No I didn’t go on to University but hell I don’t feel I’ve missed out because of it. My time will come when my own family is older,

Talking of my family until recently I was very much a single parent too….and guess what it was MY choice for it to be that way. I walked out on his Dad, because among other reasons we were making each other VERY UNHAPPY and surely its healthier for my child to be bought up in a happy loving environment , with access to both parents just at different times, then if we’d have stayed together and torn each other to shreds daily???

YES I rent not OWN my home, but it doesn’t fall anywhere near “minimum standard” and five doors away lives a friend of mine who is also a single parent and guess what…her home is more than adequate for her and her son too, oh and some of the kids at the blonde kids school come from single parent families and guess what they all live in good homes too!! I’d love to know where these “researchers” get there information from???

Also taken from the same article

‘Having just one income is likely to affect the child.”

Erm, of course it does!!! Jordan really suffered when I was the only one bringing money in I mean hey he never got treats, he only ate Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays because i couldn’t afford it the rest of the time and he was living in my next door neighbors cousins children’s hand me downs!!

Give me a break, so he only got treated once or twice a week instead of daily and no we don’t jet off around the world on holiday once a year but we ate fresh food and got near to the RDA of fruit and veg. Hell I thought I was bringing up a well rounded happy individual not a materialistic spoilt little brat like a lot of the children that supposedly come from two parent families!!

I wonder if Fred and Rosemary West’s children thought they were getting a better deal for having two live in parents….I think not!!

Read the full article HERE