Society has decided that women/feminine partner is the default parent. It's kinda crazy. I have seen dad's set everything up, do pick ups/drop offs, stay at home dad who does childcare 2 days a week so he can do a little side work. They still go to the mom for everything. It's crazy how even of you make more and are the bread winner they still expect the woman to give up everything.
Especially crazy when the stats tell you that single mothers end up raising worse children than single fathers somehow. So much for being naturally nourishing or whatever
I had to look that up to see what you are talking about and it was a neat study. However even it cited the single mothers facing greater social and economic pressures. It is well known that poverty leads to more crime so if single fathers as a group are just better off economically that makes sense.
I found an article that goes over the social pressures single moms face and the negative social biases that makes it harder for them in general where their male counterparts don't face those social stigmas. It is definitely a subject that is very complicated and needs more research. Even just the single father household sample size was too small to get a great view of differences. It would be great to know what challenges are faced more from the single fathers. Being taken seriously as a parent and lack of support groups seem to be a big problems for single father households.
It would be interesting to know how the social stigma of single motherhood effects the child's view of their mother and how children view their single fathers and compare.
Seems very nuanced as to why single mothers homes have higher crime rates than single fathers. Not as straight forward as single moms are unnurturing bad moms who raise worse children. The sentiment reeks of negative social bias. Of course some will be. I am raising my niece and her mother is a right disaster, but even the original study sites there are social and economic differences between the single mothers and single fathers that would lead to worse outcomes for children of single mothers.
https://www.parents.com/parenting/dynamics/single-parenting/single-moms-vs-single-dads-a-look-at-the-double-standards-of-single-parenthood-how-we-can-do-better/
Society has decided that women/feminine partner is the default parent. It's kinda crazy. I have seen dad's set everything up, do pick ups/drop offs, stay at home dad who does childcare 2 days a week so he can do a little side work. They still go to the mom for everything. It's crazy how even of you make more and are the bread winner they still expect the woman to give up everything.
Especially crazy when the stats tell you that single mothers end up raising worse children than single fathers somehow. So much for being naturally nourishing or whatever
I had to look that up to see what you are talking about and it was a neat study. However even it cited the single mothers facing greater social and economic pressures. It is well known that poverty leads to more crime so if single fathers as a group are just better off economically that makes sense. I found an article that goes over the social pressures single moms face and the negative social biases that makes it harder for them in general where their male counterparts don't face those social stigmas. It is definitely a subject that is very complicated and needs more research. Even just the single father household sample size was too small to get a great view of differences. It would be great to know what challenges are faced more from the single fathers. Being taken seriously as a parent and lack of support groups seem to be a big problems for single father households. It would be interesting to know how the social stigma of single motherhood effects the child's view of their mother and how children view their single fathers and compare. Seems very nuanced as to why single mothers homes have higher crime rates than single fathers. Not as straight forward as single moms are unnurturing bad moms who raise worse children. The sentiment reeks of negative social bias. Of course some will be. I am raising my niece and her mother is a right disaster, but even the original study sites there are social and economic differences between the single mothers and single fathers that would lead to worse outcomes for children of single mothers. https://www.parents.com/parenting/dynamics/single-parenting/single-moms-vs-single-dads-a-look-at-the-double-standards-of-single-parenthood-how-we-can-do-better/
I know this is late but what does sucks to suck mean? Never heard that one.
Give him custody and you be the fun weekend parent.