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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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
snuggling may have been the wrong word. Sharing furniture in close proximity to cats is more accurate.
With the stipulation that the abuse is at the hands of the custodial parent, right?
It looks like the article is focusing specifically on abuse within the home. So abuse by a day care provider wouldn't be counted, but abuse by a mother's live-in boyfriend would.
I heard about this play on the radio at lunch and I want to go see it: [link]
I'm reminded of a scene from the first episode of Grace Under Fire. Grace has just left her abusive husband, taking their three kids. She enrolled them in a new school in their new town, and within a day or two, she gets a call from the school that her oldest son, age 10 or so, has gotten into a fight. When she goes to see the teacher, the teacher says, rather condescendingly, "I know that he comes from a broken home," and Grace responds, "No, his home WAS broken. I fixed it."
The article definitely seems to be delineating correlation, not causation. There's no claim there that single parent households lead to an increased incidence of abuse, in other words. At least no claim that jumps out at me, but I just skimmed it.
I am inching towards ordering my life so I can do things like go hang out with msbelle for a bit, I wouldn't say I can see that goal from here, but it is the goal.