“The reality is that, while there are exceptions, children are better off even with abusive fathers than without them.”
Are you for real? Are you serious? Wow.
A dog, let alone a person is better off without abusive parental units.
Oh, and where I live has nothing to do with it. Having eyes and ears does.
There have been a number of published studies on the topic over recent years as the social wreckage of Cultural Marxism becomes more apparent. I would do the research and give you the citations, but my suspicion is that you'll play "not good enough" with whatever I'd post, so I'm not going to bother.
Believe what you want.
No, CO is right. Just about every study of rates of deliquency, addiction and welfare dependency shows that even authoritarian, unhappy and horrid parents are better (overall) than single parents. Being bashed and yelled at by an abusive father is very damaging, but most people who suffer like that can move on and rebuild their lives. No so those raised amid instability and a succession of "mother's boyfriends."
Communities where single mothers are the norm become absolute nightmares. There is a level of disadvantage which no amount of money can fix.
This is a crisis in Western civilization and we need to address it - all of us, right across the political spectrum.