The thing that gets me is this is so obvious. If it wasn't so sad I would say this could be another episode of "Gen Z discovers". Maybe the easiest thing to hand across for the idea of two parents is redundancy. Two parents isn't just twice as good as one, it is a totally different category of value. If you lose one parent in a two paren…
The thing that gets me is this is so obvious. If it wasn't so sad I would say this could be another episode of "Gen Z discovers". Maybe the easiest thing to hand across for the idea of two parents is redundancy. Two parents isn't just twice as good as one, it is a totally different category of value. If you lose one parent in a two parent home, through illness / injury, employment, or just a simple thing like being away from the home for work, it is a hardship, but it can be managed. If that happens in a single parent home, you are now in a situation where just about every option is a significant detriment to the child / children. In the catastrophic scenario, with no back up available the child will just be taken on by whatever family member or institution CAN take up the effort, regardless of whether it is a good situation or not. People can't seem to shut up about how much value there is in health insurance (or the system it supports) yet this simple thing, insurance that SOMEONE is there when a problem occurs seems to be just ignored.
The thing that gets me is this is so obvious. If it wasn't so sad I would say this could be another episode of "Gen Z discovers". Maybe the easiest thing to hand across for the idea of two parents is redundancy. Two parents isn't just twice as good as one, it is a totally different category of value. If you lose one parent in a two parent home, through illness / injury, employment, or just a simple thing like being away from the home for work, it is a hardship, but it can be managed. If that happens in a single parent home, you are now in a situation where just about every option is a significant detriment to the child / children. In the catastrophic scenario, with no back up available the child will just be taken on by whatever family member or institution CAN take up the effort, regardless of whether it is a good situation or not. People can't seem to shut up about how much value there is in health insurance (or the system it supports) yet this simple thing, insurance that SOMEONE is there when a problem occurs seems to be just ignored.