Are children more successful when raised in 2 parent households? (1 Viewer)

[ALiberalModerate]

All things being equal, do you believe that children are more successful when raised in stable, 2 parent households?

 

[Uncensored2008]

Vastly more, and all statistical data supports it.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

All things being equal, do you believe that children are more successful when raised in stable, 2 parent households?

"stable" is a load bearing word under immense pressure here

 

[americanwoman]

Not necessarily. I would think a stable family home is always the best option, whether it's 1, 2, or 5 adults.

 

[BirdinHand]

Children do best when being raised in a stable and loving environment.

That doesn’t necessarily mean 2 parents.


“Stable” is doing a lot of lifting in the OP….and suppositions of what “stable” looks like can vary wildly.

 

[dmpi]

Of course. But it doesn't need to be man & wife, it can be grandparents... as long as two (or more) people are taking care of the kids.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Children do best when being raised in a stable and loving environment.

That doesn’t necessarily mean 2 parents.


“Stable” is doing a lot of lifting in the OP….and suppositions of what “stable” looks like can vary wildly.

Traditional man-woman parents provide the best outcome for children. Which is why it has evolved in every human culture in every part of the world.

 

[Stealers Wheel]

All things being equal, do you believe that children are more successful when raised in stable, 2 parent households?

In most cases, that is correct.

There is a secret to successfully raising children: Keep them outnumbered!

 

[Integrityrespec]

All the data does say so. Personally I believe it is true. Of course before someone starts with the "i'm successful and came from a single parent family" I acknowledge that many people excell despite coming from a single parent household. I know because that's part of my story. However it was slow going and it took a lot of work and help along the way before I got up to steam so to speak. Many children do not.

Education in general is struggling to get the job done and it's not just because some teachers don't do a great job. There are more good ones than bad ones but they are working under less than ideal circumstances in many, many, many situations.
Until we adequately fund our public schools and pay our public school teachers what they should be paid, this will continue to be a problem. Barrack Obama wrote in his book, "Audacity of Hope" that teachers at the height of their careers should be making $100,000 a year. Yet, he didn't make that happen and nobody else has done it either. Talk is cheap and evidently so are public schools.

 

[j brown's body]

All things being equal, do you believe that children are more successful when raised in stable, 2 parent households?

Stability being the key.

Kids probably have a better chance in a stable one parent household than an unstable two parent one.

 

[j brown's body]

One of the liabilities of a one parent household is that kids don't get the opportunity to appeal a parent's decision to another authority.

I used the "divide and conquer" method to get may wy quite a bit when I grew up in a two parent household.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Traditional man-woman parents provide the best outcome for children. Which is why it has evolved in every human culture in every part of the world.

Since the bolded is untrue, does that mean the antecedent is also untrue?

 

[ALiberalModerate]

Children do best when being raised in a stable and loving environment.

That doesn’t necessarily mean 2 parents.


“Stable” is doing a lot of lifting in the OP….and suppositions of what “stable” looks like can vary wildly.

"stable" is a load bearing word under immense pressure here

Stable means a loving environment where a child's physical and emotional needs are met (this would be how virtually any social worker or psychologist would define it).

By every statistical measure, children fair better in a 2 parent household as long as the home is not abusive. For example, young men raised by a single parent are statistically more likely to go to prison than graduate a 4 year college: https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-family-to-prison-or-college-pipeline-married-fathers-and-young-mens-transition-to-adulthood#:~:text=First, family structure is more strongly associated,prison than graduate college in both datasets.

That is not to say that every child that grows up in a non-intact family home will fair poorly in life. For that matter, there are children that grow up in highly abusive homes that still go on to lead happy, succesful lives. However, at a population level, by every measure, children that grow up in intact 2 parent homes do better than children that don't.

 

[KingLeo]

In a perfect world?
Yes.
But in reality we do not live in a perfect world.
The US divorce rate for 1st marriages is abut 45%, for 2nd marriages that goes up to 60%, and 3rd marriages fail at about 73%.
Do children do better in a household with multiple adults?
Yes but that does not mean that has to be the standard, married, one man and one woman.

 

[Redress]

All things being equal, do you believe that children are more successful when raised in stable, 2 parent households?

The short answer is yes, but there are a ton of caveats. It is one factor or many that influence child outcomes. Wealth, neighborhood, engagement of parents, school attended, etc, all figure strongly into child outcomes as well.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Since the bolded is untrue, does that mean the antecedent is also untrue?

You response of "Nuhn Uhn" is acknowledge. It is one of two that is ubiquitous from the left.

{In this research, even allowing for economic disadvantage, Prof McLanahan said, data began to show the impact of instability on a child's life.
Those whose parents had divorced were more likely to fail to progress at school.

Children who were in what the researchers characterised as a "fragile family", where parents were cohabiting or there was a lone parent, were twice as likely not to graduate from high school.
Prof McLanahan said the data showed that even a child in a stable single-parent household was likely to do worse on some measures than a child of a married couple.}

Do children in two-parent families do better?

US and UK studies suggest on average, children of single parents fare worse on some measures.

www.bbc.com

I know the facts contradict the leftist dogma you promote, but generally speaking, leftist dogma is false - disinformation.

 

[Redress]

Traditional man-woman parents provide the best outcome for children. Which is why it has evolved in every human culture in every part of the world.

This is unproven at best. Until very recently, same sex couples could not marry, and marriage is a strong stabilizing influence, so we really lack and real data comparing children raised by married same sex couples and married opposite sex couples.

 

[Uncensored2008]

In a perfect world?
Yes.
But in reality we do not live in a perfect world.
The US divorce rate for 1st marriages is abut 45%, for 2nd marriages that goes up to 60%, and 3rd marriages fail at about 73%.
Do children do better in a household with multiple adults?
Yes but that does not mean that has to be the standard, married, one man and one woman.

Children do better with standard, male-female households.

Fathers do matter, despite attempts to make them irrelevant.

 

[lynnwinslow]

All things being equal, do you believe that children are more successful when raised in stable, 2 parent households?

Define "successful". And "stable" while you're at it.

 

[BirdinHand]

Traditional man-woman parents provide the best outcome for children. Which is why it has evolved in every human culture in every part of the world.

Actually, humans evolved in situations where the “village” helped in child rearing and where families tended to live in multi-generational family units.

Two parent nuclear families being a societal “norm” is a relatively new evolutionary concept. And not seen universally around the globe - even to this day

I’m not convinced the idea of a 2 parent nuclear family is actually what is best, by ANY stretch.

I think it’s actually counterproductive and stressful and financially straining.

 

[Redress]

Children do better with standard, male-female households.

Fathers do matter, despite attempts to make them irrelevant.

You are not understanding the research you are sourcing. Marriage has a huge influence on stability in a relationship, and the study you reference deals with children in unmarried households.

 

[BirdinHand]

Children do better with standard, male-female households.

Fathers do matter, despite attempts to make them irrelevant.

Actually, positive male role models and influence in a child’s life is what matters - not specifically a father.

Humans living in strictly nuclear family units is a relatively new societal concept.

I’m not convinced it is what is “best” for anyone.

 

[Uncensored2008]

This is unproven at best.

It is in fact proven in every legitimate study conducted.

Until very recently, same sex couples could not marry, and marriage is a strong stabilizing influence, so we really lack and real data comparing children raised by married same sex couples and married opposite sex couples.

Your personal choices don't alter reality, regardless of your desires.

Fathers Matter: Involving and Engaging Fathers in the Child Welfare System Process - PMC

Research suggests that children with involved and engaged fathers tend to have more positive outcomes relative to physical, cognitive, and social emotional health. Of children who become involved in the child welfare system, involving multiple ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I have 100% of the facts and evidence on my side in this.

 

[Uncensored2008]

You are not understanding the research you are sourcing. Marriage has a huge influence on stability in a relationship, and the study you reference deals with children in unmarried households.

So, Nuhn Uhn then?

 

[stealthycat]

mom and dad are exceptionally important IMO