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Yes. Children with only one parent are more likely to be physically and mentally unhealthy, go to prison, not go to college, use drugs, abuse alcohol, etc. It s
by Svekax 9y ago
Yes. Children with only one parent are more likely to be physically and mentally unhealthy, go to prison, not go to college, use drugs, abuse alcohol, etc. It should be obvious that children are better off when there are two people responsible for taking care of them.
- eatbitseveryday 9y agoBeing born out of wedlock does not mean there there is only one parent...
- Svekax 9y agohttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/wedlock http://www.dictionary.com/browse/wedlock
- EliRivers 9y agohttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/parent http://www.dictionary.com/browse/parent
- Svekax 9y agoI believe you are confused. This is a discussion about marriage, not parenthood.
- icebraining 9y agoYou were the one that introduced parenthood, by conflating "outside of wedlock" with, and I quote, "children with only one parent".
- Svekax 9y agoI did not. I suggest you read the entire comment thread and try to understand what we're talking about. Low quality comments that take what I say out of context are not welcome.
- DanBC 9y agocarc1n0gen: Does it really matter if a child is born out of wedlock? Svekax: Yes. Children with only one parent [...] I don't know how you can say this and then go on to say > This is a discussion about marriage, not parenthood.
- EliRivers 9y agoYou're the one who brought up parenthood. You're the one making the claim that having unmarried parents is the same as having only one parent.
- Svekax 9y agoI don't appreciate being told I'm saying something I am not. I'll make this easy for you. More unmarried couples => more single parent families => more children raised by single parents => the bad things I mentioned.
- icebraining 9y agoMore unmarried couples => more single parent families That's the link that people were questioning. Marriage is not a necessary condition for having a two-parent family, even if the US law is lagging behind in recognizing it. Why would you think that any of those bad things would happen if two parents, who were already planning on living together and raising their children, had to postpone the wedding for a few years?
- chrisseaton 9y agoBut why does more unmarried couples imply more single parent families? I don't understand that leap.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoNo leap. This is a statistical fact.
- icebraining 9y agoWhat is that supposed to prove?
- Svekax 9y agoProve?
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- rahkiin 9y agoHow is out of wedlock the same as 'only one parent'? Can't you have two unmarried parents?
- Svekax 9y agohttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/wedlock http://www.dictionary.com/browse/wedlock
- dennisgorelik 9y agoIn the situation from this article, without marriage one of the parents would likely go to jail. Then the child would be raised by a single parent (a teenager). Who, exactly, would have benefited from that?
- EliRivers 9y agoChildren with only one parent If your two parents aren't married you still have two actual parents. Perhaps rather than "parent" you meant "active caregiver" or similar.
- Svekax 9y agohttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/wedlock http://www.dictionary.com/browse/wedlock
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- carc1n0gen 9y agoThe reason I asked this question is because my parents have always been, and will continue to always be common law. They love each other and raised my brother and I together. I was born out of wedlock, and still raised by two parents.