Originally Posted by
inthebox
Traditional family? Married mom and dad with their biological children. Sadly rarer and rarer these days.
I think neither is better than the other. Their roles are different and important in their own way.
Anectdotally, I think., in most cases, you have to have the opposite gender parent, assuming that relationship is healthy, growing up, in order to have a healthy relationship with the oposite sex as an adult.
I know of too many women who have "daddy" issues - clingy, co-enabler, indiscriminant choices - because their father was not there to raise them, or left when they were young.
As to child support, the average rate of compliance is 50% !!! You the taxpayor, help raise these children. In the "traditional" family, husband is the main or sole breadwinner, while the wife stays at home. When divorced in these situations, the standard of living goes down for the women, [ paid less, lower paying jobs, less hours ], and up for the male, and the children suffer. If you want to decrease the rate of divorce and the societal costs, get rid of n0-fault, require pre- marriage classes on the big 3 [ money, sex, and child raising issues ].
G&P