I have two husbands: A polygamist diary.

I just saw this on MSN.com and thought it was very interesting. It is a short narrative about a polygamist and her way of life. This makes me wonder...sincegay/lesbian marriage is an important issue currently, I can forsee this becoming a legitimate form of "coupling" in the future. Your thoughts?

Article
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29239960/?GT1=43001

Continuation of Octuplet mother.

I have commented at the bottom of my last post... I would like to continue this discussion a little more. Please read through my last post and comment.

Octuplets mom about the father

So, I couldn't help but bring up the topic of the single mother who gave birth two weeks ago to 8 babies. Although this has been a while ago, interviews of the mother have just come out. I would like to start a discussion on this topic in relation to the overall effects of this situation to the family, children, and support that will be provided from a number of sources.


This first clip is a question from the mother in response to the biological father and his possible role in the childrens lives.
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=af062c54-a60e-4c4d-af5a-93def940d84c

Secondly, this clip is a brief interview of the mother, neighbors, and the cost of raising 14 children.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/nbc-today-show-nbc-today-show-spokesperson-octuplets-mom-is-joyful/2288180774/?icid=VIDLRVNWS08

I am torn on this. I believe that it is fine to be a single mother and the use of invetro to become pregnant is acceptable. However, at what point should mothers not have as many children as they want (in a sense). I do know several families with 10+ children but none of these were single parent families. I am thrilled with this mothers enthusiasm to be a mother but should she be allowed to put both herself and her children at risk, should she get government support for this, and what is socially acceptable and what is not?

Government attacks single parents in UK

I know that I have posted some articles related to the United Kingdom on this blog, but I think it is important to look at what other countries have and are doing legislatively. As Dr. Piercy has us read articles in class about other countries, I think it is interesting to look at other countries policies and hypothesize about what would or could happen if similar policy were to go into affect here in the U.S.

As I stated in my introduction to this blog, I wish to take both sides of the argument for the two parent family. Therefore, this article is in regards to legislation that was being passed last year in the UK and its negative impacts on single mothers. My question to you is what do you think of this type of legislation? Is this fair? What would be the alternative? Would this work in the U.S.?

Data: Enemy of the Democrat -- Single-parent family edition

This is a very interesting blog post from Doug Ross. The arugment that is portraid is that if infrastructure is so cruicial to the country and the governments economic bailout, then why isn't "the family" part of it. Although this is a very conservative piece it bring up issues such as crime, welfare, legislation, and fatherhood. Also has some very interesting statistics.

Article

Two parent family and poverty

Here is a news realese that I found was quite interesting. Patricia, since you are interested in poverty, what do you think?

Article
How the traditional two-parent family is at higher risk of poverty than a single parent.

The first of the many posts to come is the most recent news article which I could find about the two parent family. This article comes from the California Republican Caucus describing how the single family is not cutting it when it comes to children. They hypothesize "a campaign to shift societal norms" in order to overcome the shortfalls which are being seen.

Take a look and tell me what you think?
Briefing Report: The Failure of the Single Parent Family