This is a very insightful article. Long but very interesting ...here is a portion....then click the link to read the rest.

"Broken home." This is a derogatory label that causes much pain and misunderstanding. Too often, children living in single parent households have to contend with negative stereotypes and hurtful remarks made by Insensitive adults. Regardless of whether the single parent family exists as a result of divorce or death of the other parent, the child is clearly not responsible for the circumstances. However, it is the child who often pays the price: the child who has to write an essay because a parent cannot afford Back to School night, the child who has to sit on the bench because he/she misses practices while visiting the other parent, the child who comes home crying from school, sad when he doesn't know who to make a Father's Day card for because his father died. As adults - teachers, coaches, neighbors, family, and friends, we can change our attitude, be more sensitive and compassionate, and recognize that SINGLE PARENTS RAISE GOOD KIDS TOO!

http://www.divorcewizards.com/top10singleparenting.html

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Stacey

“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man." ~ Euripides

I am so glad I saw that there is someone else out there who has been dealing with the theory that single mom's can't raise good kids without a father in the house. I have two sons, 11 and 13, and we moved into a new house two years ago. The male members in two of my neighboring houses think that anything that happens to their yard, sidewalk, breathing space, you name it, must somehow be the fault of my boys. They think that because I am a single mom, I just don't know how to raise boys. Well guess what! I am a teacher and have been such for the past ten years and DO have good kids. There are so many stereotypes about kids that come from single parent homes. I can tell you from being in the teaching field that it doesn't matter what you do to them as long as you are doing something WITH them. I've had to learn to be quite ugly recently!