tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post281432655284807065..comments2023-10-06T03:58:04.867+01:00Comments on Shuggy's Blog: Reason #354 for never voting ConservativeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-22197606461566661322007-02-22T16:15:00.000+00:002007-02-22T16:15:00.000+00:00Here we go again:http://christianaidwatch.blogspot...Here we go again:<BR/><BR/>http://christianaidwatch.blogspot.com/2007/02/gun-crime-and-single-parent-families_22.htmlMr Grumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317128956060393033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-87406399691042971882007-02-20T11:44:00.000+00:002007-02-20T11:44:00.000+00:00More from me:http://christianaidwatch.blogspot.com...More from me:<BR/><BR/>http://christianaidwatch.blogspot.com/2007/02/gun-crime-and-single-parent-families_20.htmlMr Grumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317128956060393033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-40843028403658043722007-02-19T21:29:00.000+00:002007-02-19T21:29:00.000+00:00The idea that people choose to live apart because ...The idea that people choose to live apart because of tax breaks requires a little more than an assertion that it is 'positively encouraged'.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea how many single parent families there are because one partner has died, or because the relationship has become abusive, or because the dad was a feckless waster, but I would guess each of these categories far outweighs those who have worked out the tax situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-6830785165544896612007-02-19T19:36:00.000+00:002007-02-19T19:36:00.000+00:00the downsides of prohibition clearly outweigh the ...the downsides of prohibition clearly outweigh the upsides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-25823700938110448072007-02-19T17:16:00.000+00:002007-02-19T17:16:00.000+00:00Shuggy, you dismiss Amir's comment, but surely tha...Shuggy, you dismiss Amir's comment, but surely that's key. If people fail more often in a living situation that is positively encouraged by our taxation system, surely it is right to change it.<BR/><BR/>If, in some rare cases, that failure goes as far as gun crime then all the more depressing. <BR/><BR/>There cannot be anything wrong with removing encouragement to live apart?Gavin Aylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972141298634508995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-48830116880997977472007-02-18T23:12:00.000+00:002007-02-18T23:12:00.000+00:00Right back atcha hereRight back atcha <A HREF="https://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13169838&postID=795864352105742107&isPopup=true" REL="nofollow">here</A>Shuggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298179140317536572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-5795244400757822582007-02-18T17:57:00.000+00:002007-02-18T17:57:00.000+00:00I've posted a longish reaction to this here:http:/...I've posted a longish reaction to this here:<BR/><BR/>http://christianaidwatch.blogspot.com/2007/02/gun-crime-and-single-parent-families.htmlMr Grumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317128956060393033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-47922246362282961512007-02-17T23:05:00.000+00:002007-02-17T23:05:00.000+00:00It is out of the vogue to attack single parents. ...It is out of the vogue to attack single parents. It is too widespread, to make an issue out of it.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-42298256707375102822007-02-17T18:33:00.000+00:002007-02-17T18:33:00.000+00:00All this may or may not be true but this was about...All this may or may not be true but this was about gun crime.Shuggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298179140317536572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637840.post-79762701953244062682007-02-17T17:03:00.000+00:002007-02-17T17:03:00.000+00:00Shuggy,I think you're wrong. Children who grow up ...Shuggy,<BR/><BR/>I think you're wrong. Children who grow up with both biological parents do better on a wide range of outcomes than children who grow up in a single-parent family. Teenagers with only one parent drink more, take more drugs, have sex at a younger age and are involved in more fights than those in two-parent families. In rough neighbourhoods, especially, single parents can be less emotionally supportive, have fewer rules, dispense harsher discipline (and are often more inconsistent in dispensing discipline), provide less supervision, and engage in more conflict with their children. <BR/><BR/>According to a report by the left-wing think tank IPPR, the breakdown of the traditional married family is at the root of this disturbed teenage behaviour. It said: “Changes to families, such as more parents working, and rising rates of divorce and single parenthood, have undermined the ability of families to effectively socialise young people.” Without strong families the development of conscience is stunted, private life is diminished, and the power of the state increased.<BR/><BR/>AmirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com