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No one seems to ask what a single mom is supposed to do?

Stay home and live off of govt assistance to raise her kids or put the child in day care while she makes a living?

It's easy to sit back and say that everyone should stay home and raise their kids, but for some of us that just isn't available as an option. :-/

"No one seems to ask what a single mom is supposed to do?"

Now is the time to slowly turn everything back. Those who say divorce is OK, need to stop and tell of the harm to children and parents. The government has been supporting out of wed lock preganacies and that needs to stop. We now have a new generation fed lies from the liberals and the truth needs to speak louder. Divorce is not an option when you have small children. As the article states, most parents of day care children are professionals and married, who chose money over love and sacrifice. Most of the people I know who have their babies in day care are married!

That's true. I have a very close friend who is a single mom, and I have made myself available since her baby was born to babysit once a week, when she has to work. I have a been steadfast presence in the baby's life for almost two years. Friends and relatives would do well to step up to the plate and make a difference in a baby's life. It's very rewarding for me and I know it benefits the baby. I think friends and relatives can fill a role, even if it's just once a week or so.

It's easy to sit back and say that everyone should stay home and raise their kids, but for some of us that just isn't available as an option. :-/

At the risk of treading on some toes, let's define "Single mom". Is mom single as the result of a divorce? Or did she have the child out of wedlock? There are complex issues at play, here, in which some daycares would seem to be justified.

We have a society, thanks to decades of liberal policies, that treats marriage and sex on the same level as eating. It's no big deal. That's why the divorce rate is where it is and the number of single moms have skyrocketed. Life brings tough choices. Sometimes that means foregoing a family after marriage until there is sufficient family income to have and raise children. It also means waiting to ensure that the family is stable and solid.

We have a society in which sex is treated no differently than drinking water. Popular television shows and movies routinely include one or more scenes of casual sex between unmarried and (more often today) underaged participants.

And when the girl gets pregnant, the boy just skips out and leaves her to deal with the child. As long as we accept this level of irresponsibility on the part of young men AND young women and the government is willing to fund their indiscriminate, immoral behavior, there is little hope of the situation being resolved soon.

Which leaves these children caught in the middle of a moral mess.

It's easy to sit back and say that everyone should stay home and raise their kids, but for some of us that just isn't available as an option. :-/

It seems to me that it is best to see what can be done to help the kids who need to be in day care, rather than throwing our arms up in the air.