I'd say it's more the other way around. The single parents are trying to get the kids away from an abusive spouse.
Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SailAweigh - Mar 01, 2012 9:16:49 am PST #24648 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
-t - Mar 01, 2012 9:17:47 am PST #24649 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I say bah-N0-BOW (you say BON-uh-bow...huh, that doesn't quite scan. Calling the whole thing off)
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2012 9:18:27 am PST #24650 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
spend your days watching movies and snuggling cats
Ugh. Cat-snuggling. That's gross.
I have realised that my home desk is more spartan than my work desk.
However, I haven't eaten at my dining room table in over a month. Still, I don't work there either, I just rest things. I have scads and scads of paper all over my apartment, but none of it is in process. It's either unopened/unfiled mail, or drawings I haven't worked out where to store (and I have drawn just the once in 4 months). I'm incredibly messy, but somehow it's not a desk thing. It's an everywhere else thing.
Hil R. - Mar 01, 2012 9:19:50 am PST #24651 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Is it true that single parents are more likely abusers? I've never read that anywhere, but I've also never studied demographic trends in child abuse.
HHS says yes. [link]
Children living with single parents may be at higher risk of experiencing physical and sexual abuse and neglect than children living with two biological parents.45 Single parent households are substantially more likely to have incomes below the poverty line. Lower income, the increased stress associated with the sole burden of family responsibilities, and fewer supports are thought to contribute to the risk of single parents maltreating their children.
msbelle - Mar 01, 2012 9:20:44 am PST #24652 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
maybe it is the same studies that show gay parents are bad for children. Or the ones that show abstinance only sex-ed programs decrease teen pregnancy. Or the ones that show providing women's health care to low-income women increases abortions. Or that providing contraception increases horrible unspeakable things.
brenda m - Mar 01, 2012 9:21:53 am PST #24653 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Huh. Obama has a Tumblr. [link] Ouch.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 01, 2012 9:23:10 am PST #24654 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In better news, the Blunt amendment was voted down in the senate. Olympia Snow was the only R to cross the aisle and vote "this is batshit crazy."
I've been reading how her decision to not run makes Maine go from a sure win for the Republicans to a must-win, with a lately unpopular Repub governer whipping up the opposition already. Way to send a message on your way out, Olympia.
Hil R. - Mar 01, 2012 9:30:25 am PST #24655 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
From what I'm reading, it looks like a lot of it is that a lot of the factors that correlate strongly with child abuse (poverty, drug use) also correlate with single parenthood.
Amy - Mar 01, 2012 9:33:48 am PST #24656 of 30001
Because books.
msbelle, I don't really snuggle my own cats, but I'll happily come make things in your slow cooker. If you make me cocktails.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2012 9:34:13 am PST #24657 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't have time right now to read the whole article Hil, but I assume they back this up:
Children living with single parents may be at higher risk of experiencing physical and sexual abuse and neglect than children living with two biological parents
With the stipulation that the abuse is at the hands of the custodial parent, right?