Single_Mother-hood

Single Mother-hood In today's American society the growth of women's independence and self-empowerment has given women the confidence to raise their children without a father. Whether the absence of a father is by choice or not, single mothers are on the rise. Recently, actress Jodie Foster accepted the responsibility of motherhood by means of artificial insemination. Although some would support her decision claiming a triumph for the feminist movement, others would argue she is denying her child core family values and a stable gender balanced environment. In an article written by Kathleen Parker, a family columnist, she opposes the idea of encouraging single motherhood. Parker argues that celebrating this notion of single motherhood could not come at a worse time when fatherlessness has now become a national crisis. She draws a correlation between adolescent deviance due to the absence of a father in early childhood. I agree with Parkers argument in that a father presence is essential for the positive socialization of a child. As Parker states, "perfect mothers are only half the equation and are never a substitute for even an imperfect dad." Growing up with both positive male and female role father, social, child, role, male, society, positive, parker, gender, children, single, should, roles, raise, motherhood, growth, given, fatherless, family, even, denying, child's, absence, within, values, right, mothers, mother, life, lead, essential, dysfunctional, circumstances, both, between