being a curious person, I’d like to know what everybody thinks about these statistics of single parents
Single parents account for 27 percent of family households with children under 18. 1
More than two million fathers are the primary caregivers of children under 18,
a 62 percent increase since 1990. 2
One in two children will live in a single-parent family at some point in childhood. 3
One in three children is born to unmarried parents. 3
Between 1978 and 1996, the number of babies born to unmarried women per year quadrupled from 500,000 to more than two million. 4
The number of single mothers increased from three million to 10 million between
1970 and 2000.
I apoligize for the numbers after the statistics (1,2,3,4 etc.) They were links to their validity and I forgot to cut them out.
I know that this is a very controversial subject, but I just wanted to know what all the yahooligans out there would do in a situation like this:
woman and man are happily in a relationship with their baby. woman starts to feel as if she is falling out of love and that she deserves better. they break up. a few months later, the woman gets intoxicated with a man (of another race) she had been dating and had unprotected sex. She decided that this was not what she wanted and thought maybe she should reconcile with her ex… to find out that she is pregnant from the intoxicated night.
if you are one of your friends was in this predicament what would you do or what advice would you give? would you a.) keep the baby and completely throw away a relationship that you once had and have 2 babies by 2 different men, that look nothing alike. one black, one white… and possibly lose your new job.. because, let’s face it. employers do not like newly hired pregnant women. or b.) carry the baby 9 months and give it to a family you dont know and just hope that it is loved and cared for or c.) have an abortion and know that you just killed your own life but won’t have to deal with the heartache and headache from family friends, work and so on
the only reason race is an issue is because the woman already has a child who is not biracial. so the other child would be an outcast. a mixed child in a white family.
1. Highest single parent statistics
2. Lowest marriage statistics
3. Highest amount of babies born out of wedlock
4. highest new hiv cases
Have black women ever prayed to God to grow their hair faster?
I’m black and of course I love black women. They’re just too religious. I’m a black Atheist and I hope to find a black female atheist that’s attractive one day
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1. Highest single parent statistics
2. Lowest marriage statistics
3. Highest amount of babies born out of wedlock
4. highest new hiv cases
Have black women ever prayed to God to grow their hair faster?
I’m black and of course I love black women. They’re just too religious. I’m a black Atheist and I hope to find a black female atheist that’s attractive one day
about me http://www.listentocharlie.com
Every Christmas, I hear my fellow single parents wishing "if only" they had someone (even if it’s only until New Year’s Eve) then the joy of Christmas would’ve been complete for their family. Like, maybe the kids can get better gifts, etc.
To be honest, I think my Christmas is fine with just me and the little guy (in fact, I think it’s perfect). Even if it means we’ll be having nothing too fancy.
And starting a relationship just so that you have someone to spend the holiday with it… sounds like too much drama, especially when you have babies.
On the other hand, it may be a good idea to share Christmas with other single-parent-family.
Your thought on this?
(why did my questions always end up in this section? just because i said babies?)
LEDIA, I’m sorry for your loss. I’m sure Christmas is harder to you than to some of us.
I lost my brother one Christmas morning, many years ago, he was very young. I lost my mom later, and my dad earlier this year, and having all of them around on Christmas day would’ve been perfect too.
