Single motherhood least tolerated by Americans.

[Skipper]

My father left when I was three. Never seen him or heard from him since. I was raised by my mother who as a nurse worked nights, so would often go to my nans house, where my grand father lived but had very little input into my care as he was pretty sick. I also went to my Aunties house, where my uncle lived but again, had very little input as he would work. I was effectively raised by three women of different generations, with very little male input. I guess my point here is, personally I don't think it matters if you're left with one parent or two, male or female, it's the wider family as much as your main parent/parents that effect how you turn out. However, I'm far from a great success story as I'm not exactly the most accomplished 22 year old in the world but at the same time, I'd consider myself fairly intelligent and a decent person. I don't commit crime (any with a victim anyway haha) and have never been in trouble with the law. So, I don't see why, with support from a wider family at least a child raised by a single mother would turn out any different as a result of it's upbringing than a child with two parents.