I didn’t realize that having 2 parent taught respect. So that is the KEY i have been missing… Forgive me I thought respect was instilled by good parenting, morality and raising a child up correctly –whether it be with one or two parents.

So in your scenario ONLY people raised in two-parent (man andwoman) homes have a chance of raising “well rounded young men or women?”

Ok why don’t you talk to Barrack Obama who was a young man was raised by grandparents — not a mother and father (but of course a man and woman so I am sure you will latch on that as being the deciding factor).

But there are countless other successful children of a solo parent families and alterantive families. But not in your acknowledgement apparently?? Hmmmmm….

The point is yes, in a perfect world children would have both mother and father and the happily ever Donna Reed, Leave it Beaver style home where the man and woman so “compliment” each other as in you “perfect marriage” but the world is not perfect and it’s diverse and maybe we should be glad for that.

There are a lot of different types of families out there.

As a child of a single parent I can sense you have a lot of resentment with the way you grew up. I am sorry about that. . I would think it would make you more committed to marriage and parenting. However, you oddly state you had lack of parenting skills from being raised by a single Mom. I have never heard that before and it’s strange.

In fact most kids of single parents are much more responsbile and mature than their peers and also less SPOILED because they often live on limited means and so learn the value of things and dont necessarily expect everything handed to them on silver platter. They learn the value of work. At least in good single parent families.

Everything in balance. A single mom must learn to have kids help out and take on some resonpsibility but also allow kids to have a childhood and achieve academically which is most important for the child’s future.

Apparently your mother did not do that but that does not mean it’s the same in all siggle parent families or in alternative families.

You are taking your own personal experience and biasies and superimposing them on ALL families of simliar make up.

Oh and by the way I am a part of the Chrsitian Community! I have nothing against Mr. Dobson and in fact enjoy some his radio shows and books. But I don’t agree with attacking certain groups of people in the name of Christianity, and check your bible neither would Jesus… My brand of Christianity doesn’t involved cutting down others or making myself out to be better than others because I happen to be blessed with a marriage or some other gift.

As for your problems with your son. Excuse me if you wish to blame inadequacy in your parenting on being raised without a father by all means go for it — good scape goat. I am sure there were areas of parenting that were difficult due to not having good role models, however, there are vast number of men raised without fathers (how about those with fathers overseas or fathers who are deceased) and they somehow manage to go on and parent quite well. So you are saying boys raised without father are also doomed to be inadaquate parents — I say hogwash… !

Sure it would be great to have dads always involved but God does have a way of creating whole and healthy people in all kinds of circumstacnes. Why not believe in the miracles he can provide instead of trashing those who are different than yourself.

Fact: Successful parenting CAN and IS done in LGBTQ individuals and by single parents.

Don’t cast your struggles on to everyone else.

My sons are wonderful with kids and great young men raised in a Godly home, and I expect they will make WONDERFUL husbands and fathers. But they also have learned to respect diversitya nd love PEOPLE - not just married Chrisitian people… Thank you very much

an irate single Mom and Christian

By the time my mother met a great man I was almost in high school and had no interest in listening to him or other authority for that matter. Now being an adult with 3 kids of my own, I found it hard to relate to my son on a father son level. This being the direct consequence of not having a father growing while up. He is 12 now and we have a great relationship, but it took a long time to cultivate. I am absolutely certain that my children would not be the same and are obviously much better off with a father and mother. My wife and I compliment each other the way we were made to. I have friends that are single parents and they are not bad parents, but the children do lack well roundedness and in some cases have a lack of respect for authority and they’re mother that having both parents will provide.
Of course.
Being a tolerant crowd, why do you think it so wrong for James Dobson to speak on this subject the way he does? Is he not qualified? I went to the “angering many researchers” article and not one of the Dr’s denies saying what Dobson said they said. Of course these people have an agenda and did not like being quoted by someone whos disagrees with them. Thats very obvious. Also there a lot of “sexual” adds on that page. To be taken seriously dont you think that there should be a move to clean up the sites that cater to the GLBT community? I mean it sure does validate the stereotype, does’nt it?
I am not against you or this blog. I support your right to express your opinion and would thinkl that you would allow the christian community to do the same. Thank you.