BE HONEST PLEASE… its for coursework

age range:

Ethnicity: afro caribbean or asian (please delete)

family type: nuclear, extended, lone parent or reconstituted (delete as appropiate)

do you believe your husband/partner having control over you is right?

what are your ambitions?

what do you thnik your position in the house is?

what do you live for? (family, ambition, other-please state)

how satisfied would you feel if you had a job? out of ten. ten is very satisfied.

how do you think your culture treats/views single mums (lone parents)?

Do you think lone parents are more independant?

how satisfied are you in your relationship with your husband?

would you get support from your family if you were a lone parent? does this make you feel confident in being/becoming a lone parent?

THANK YOU SO SOOOO MUCH FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE!!!!
nuclear means – mum and dad and children in the same house

extended means- mum das, childreen and grandparents or aunts/uncles in the same house

reconstituted means – parent remarried after a divorce. living with step parent and biological parent.

lone parent means- mum or dad bringing up child alone. just one parent in the family

Really don’t mean to sound chauvinistic. It’s a statement I need support for, for a uni question and am really struggling for citation.

"Women are mostly Teaching Assistants because they are lone parents and work at their childs school for convenience."

Thanks for any help you can give )

James

Lets take this to its logical conclusion.

Suppose for an instant that en mass, women decided they’d had enough and no more children will be born.

How long is it going to take before the economy folds?

As we all approach retirement age, who will look after us?

It’s very easy to sit and smugly think children should be supported by their parents, but it’s a less comfortable thought that our economic security depends on the next generation.

Whatever concepts of wealth we might have, the reality is pretty much that the world consumes today what was produced yesterday, and as we age and become less productive, or require carers, we come to depend on the next generation to provide that for us.

So perhaps, if we are sensible we might come to realise that supporting parents, especially those who most need it, which is usually young couples and lone parents, who are typically mothers, we are indirectly investing in our own future well being.

For those who think Mums "have it all", what would happen if women stopped having children?

My husband works 20 hrs and i work 12 hrs, we do not have any children and are not entitled to working tax credits because neither of us work over 30 hrs. Can we claim income support or is that only for people with disabilities, children and who are either carers or lone parents? Also how much earnings can you have to claim income support?

The British government currently pays welfare to single mothers, but is looking to review those payments. Until now they have been unconditional, but new proposals suggest that payments may be withheld if mothers refuse training designed to help them re enter the workplace when the child becomes a year old.

In a surprising twist, the conservative opposition party (equivalent to the US Republicans) has opposed this, saying that mothers should receive benefits unconditionally until their children are all of school age.

An article in todays newspaper explains in much greater detail and can be found here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-joins-labour-revolt-on-single-mothers-1192832.html

Brief excerpt follows:

"David Cameron will join rebel Labour MPs in opposing plans which would force single mothers to prepare for work when their youngest child reaches the age of one.

The Conservative leader yesterday denounced the Government’s proposal as "shameful" and accused ministers of playing "macho" politics with vulnerable lone parents.

Although the Opposition pledged its support in principle to the Government’s welfare reform plans published last week, it believes it is wrong to expect single parents to prepare for work until their youngest child reaches school age."

Should welfare payments to single mothers depend on whether they are prepared to work?