It's Better To Be Raised By A Single Mom

Why It's Better To Be Raised By A Single Mom
Mom and businesswoman working with laptop computer at home and playing with her baby girl. Horizontal shape, front view, waist up
Mom and businesswoman working with laptop computer at home and playing with her baby girl. Horizontal shape, front view, waist up

A few months ago, social scientist W. Bradford Wilcox insisted in Slate that it’s worse to be raised by a single mother even if you’re not poor. Children of single mothers, he argued, are more likely to end up as pregnant teens, or in jail, or otherwise in trouble. For centuries Wilcox’s has been the common view. But in an age when single motherhood is becoming more common, these mothers (and social science research) are starting to challenge that view. In fact, some believe that in an era when children are coddled and dependent for way too long, being a child of a single parent has distinct advantages.

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