Toshiko Reimers: They have it way easier than i did when i was younger.
Hyman Coren: I think your question is very broad.I think you need to ask in more terms on is it easier based on work, dateing, teaching or something I can say that I find dads do really great jobs rasing there kids in all aspects but then it really is based on the individual and what kind of lifestyle they have and the parenting skills they use. What kind of relation you have with the mother there are a lot of things that are involved in that question.So to just to give you an answer I would say no. : )...Show more
Sammy Tabatt: i think that its equally hard BUT i do think society is more forgiving for mistakes a single farther makes Vr;s a single mother . why its because its assumed its a motherly Instinct that automatic and dads its ok to be learned along the way . But its not easy for neither at all
Rosalva Steinmann: hey y dnt u sit down with him nd lyk hav a serious talk abou! t it. im mean seriously... ur movin again?! thats pretty hard.... i liv in cali and sweety ur rite out of ALL PLACES y COMPTON??? omg! r they tryin 2 get themselves killed?? o nO sweety no! but if they dnt change ther mind about movin... then try 2 get them 2 at LEAST move 2 a different place in cali! what about eagle rock ? :D see now THATS a gud neighborhood :)
Newton Fedorko: people like to think it is different, but as they saying goes same old shiat different day.
Elva Batie: You think bullying only came into existence in this generation?For my kid, personally, it depends. We are a lot more well-off than I was growing up - like pdooma, I remember nights going to bed with an empty stomach - but both my parents were still alive.And I wouldn't necessarily classify "more activities" as a good think - just my opinion. I think a lot of kids are so overscheduled - "oh, first Johnny has soccer practice, then he has youth orchestra, then his Chinese lessons, and to! morrow he has his youth leadership seminar" - I try not to ove! rschedule my son or let him overschedule himself....Show more
Brittanie Zakutney: No, its probably as difficult if he is un-married, but It's a respected position. If most men get woman pregnant whom they dont have serious intentions/ feelings for... they will generally want to leave the scene and go on with their life leaving the woman to raise her baby alone, only the child suffers.. so for a man who assumes his responsabilities takes care of and provides for his child, even though the situation is difficult, especially, as the main guardian is a respectable man....Show more
Randal Deyarmond: I don't think it is any harder.My brother is a single dad to 3 children. A 2 year old and 3 year old twins.And he is a brilliant dad!!I think the only difference is that people find single dads a little strange than they do single moms, for some reason, I don't know why though.
Giovanna Cramblit: you should talk to them... really even tho it might be awkward
D! emetrius Coaster: Wayne, You bring up a valid point. No, of course bullying has been around for eons. When I was in school I was even a little scrappy and went toe toe toe quite a bit. But then, back then kids weren't bringing guns and knives to school.
Tomi Vauters: Well.. I don't know what it's like being a single mom, but being a single dad is in a way pretty easy. Although with a teenage daughter it would be a LOT easier if I was the same gender as her. Being a single parent is hard for anyone, it doesn't matter what your gender is.
Michel Mccaulley: Well, overall, easier. She's prettier, smarter and more outgoing than I was as a kid. She doesn't have as much money as I had as a kid but isn't poor. I think this may actually work out in her favor in the long run. She'll be less likely to pick a stupid major for the hell of it like I did, assuming that it doesn't matter because she has a trust fund. Long story...She also does more chores than I did (OK, I! had none), but she's hardly worked to the bone. As far as the times, ! there's some simple freedoms our kids have lost because of technology and hysteria, but she's also got MP3s and other cool stuff....Show more
Virgil Menefee: I live in Southern California. You could not pay me to ever live in Compton. Pull up crime statics for Compton and show them to your Dad. Where would you go to school? Would you be in a public school or private school. Pull up info on the schools in that area too. Why can't you move in with your Mom? Is she dangerous or destructive? You are old enough to go to court and tell a judge who you want to live with. If you Mom isn't dangerous I would tell her you want to live with her. Go to court and fight your Dad.School ratings (my kids school is a 9, Compton schools are in-between a 1 and 3 on a 1 - 10 scale)http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/cs_compare/ca/...Edit~ A judge would listen to you. If your Dad was that great of a lawyer he would be able to afford in home help for his diabities. I really think he is us! ing his illness as an excuse...... for what who knows....Show more
Douglass Sarley: Harder. They may have more technology, but it has raised the bar academically and socially. They are under much more pressure to grow up too fast, meet high academic standards, and adjust to changes at lightning speed. We had time to be kids. We had time with our parents. My kids grew up with two parents at home, but the majority of their friends did not. We thought the economic future we faced was uncertain; theirs is worse. My girls certainly had many more choices of activities, classes, and careers than I ever did, which is good. But adding those expectations on top of the traditional values of physical beauty and sexuality really created a confusing world for them. They wouldn't agree if you asked them, but I can see this from a perspective that they can't. I honestly think it was easier for me than them....Show more
Dominic Sciancalepore: Being a single parent is har! d period.
Norine Lomonte: Your 15, a judge will take your feeling! s very seriously and don't let the fact that your dads a lawyer intimidate you or your mom, cuz a judge wont be impressed my it, believe me. Talk to your mom and tell her how strongly you feel about this. i am quite sure she will be willing to fight for you. Best advice ,though....now is the time for you to be at your best behavior. Mature, calm, and rationale. I don't say this as an insult, but as the mom of teens I know how quick you girls go all ballistic and start crying and yelling when the discussion isn't going your way. DON'T!! do as the others have said. arm yourself with statistics and as many facts to support your argument as possible. Take them to court.A judge will be impressed by your calm rational demeanor and take you seriously. Best of Luck to you whatever happens ...Show more
Norris Rosener: I was treated the exact same way, and I was the eldest. Is you're brother from another parent or both? I guess I was treated like that because My sibling was f! rom both parents I was just my mother's because my real dad passed away. But yea I'd get $20 and she would get $100. I'd get the crapy gifts she'll get the nice expensive ones. Itryed talking to them but it didn't work. I guess you have to continue bugging them about it. I'm equal to my kids now.
Hubert Jestes: My son will never have an empty belly when he goes to sleep at night. In that alone, he has it easier than I did.
Pattie Vold: My dad is 40 was diagnosed with diabetes recently. All his other sisters have it too. Now he just brung up that he wants to move to California to live closer to his sister in Compton. She's his only sister that doesn't have the condition. He says that he needs someone to take care of him in case he has an "insulin reaction", and doesn't want me to be the only one there. I understand that, but here's the thing. We live in Philly and my mom lives in New York which is not that far away. I see her every summer, but if I move across t! he country I can't see her anymore. Also I really don't want to move ag! ain because he already moved me from New York to Philly last year and I just got used to it here. On top of that Compton? I know he wants to be close to his sister but Compton? That's a horrible city. I told him that if we move then I would be farther away from my mom, you moved me once, and now you want to move to Compton. I also asked him if we could move back to New York to be closer to mom, but he said 'I don't feel comfortable around your mom, and would rather be around family.' and he told me I have to live with him. I don't want to live in Compton. Yeah that's him birth place but still, I don't want to get gunned down walking home from school. His family is scattered acrossed the country in Houston, and Miami. I really don't want to move again and lose my friends, and then die in Compton. He won't let me move back in with my mom. What do I do?...Show more
Cassondra Vanholland: No its not any harder . it's about the same both have to assume both rolls and do the! same things to raise children the concept is Hogwash that many think one or the other have it good times are changing and the way of the woman is long gone as Dad's are steping up and raising their kids and fighting for their rights as parents ...... and it's about time Dad's are doing so .
Ambrose Mumma: I bet it's about the same, both difficult.
Maryland Gareau: My biggest petpeve is when my parents baby the crap outta my brother and he diesnt beed any of it. But when i need something they just blow me off and tell me to go call my mom. Like i get 100 dollars for christmas this year but my brother gets gets 300. Isnt that taking it a bit far?
Porfirio Cahall: actually i'm 15. is that old enough to choose who i want to live with? plus he's a family lawyer, and says I can't beat him. im really pissed.
Francisco Schonhardt: Different, primarily due to technology, which made some things easier and some harder.
Robin Tommie: Even though I am stil! l a pretty young parent , I notice life is much different for my kids t! hen it was for me.In some ways life is easier: less work, more activities, more resources, internet, cell phones etc.In some ways, kids in this generation have it harder: bullying, drugs, social diversity and the stereotypes that go with it. etc.You what is your opinion? Easier or harder? Or perhaps just different?...Show more
Jammie Taddei: I think every situation is different. I absolutley love being a single parent. I am the father of a twelve year old. I am grateful for the experience, yes I get my heartache when things are hurting my kid and yes, I hate the looks I get sometimes.My son knows how to really hurt my feelings, but I would not change any of it. I think being a parent can viewed as a job or an adventure I never know whats going to happen next, but kid my knows no matter what I love him totally and unconditionally....Show more
Colby Millberg: Nobody can ever truly know the answer to that, as it is impossible for a person to experience both. I don! 't see why it would be a great deal different though. The only potential disadvantage I can see present to single dads is that parenting groups and similar are pretty mother-dominated and some people in certain less accommodating areas might lack the opportunities to make as many friends in the same boat. But I'm a single mother, and I don't have many friends in my boat, and the couple of good parent friends I do have don't make my life any easier - it's just nice to go on playdates with them from time to time. They don't make me any less lonely; I still am by myself at the end of the day. Plus (from what I've observed) a lot of single fathers have the advantage of being looked on by many as being the most amazing people on earth because it's less expected of them to fill that role, and are often heavily praised for doing the things that most people take for granted of mothers. Though I could also see how that kind of patronising could be a little irritating at the same tim! e. However I don't see that any of those things really make life especi! ally easier or tougher. The day-to-day responsibilities, hardships and worries of a single father are no different to those of a single mother, and I think a lot of these things are down to personal circumstances and the type of people we're surrounded by, rather than our gender....Show more
Oscar Waddups: i'm not so sure that i'm 'qualified' to answer this question since i'm a young mom and my daughter isn't even one yet. however, i'll share my thoughts regardless :pkids in this generation will have it harder in regards to sex, drugs, alcohol, as well as more bullying, teen depression, finding jobs, colleges (since they're becoming harder to get into), anger, and things like that.what i think they'll have an easier time with is mainly techology.despite what's harder and what's not, they won't know any different so they won't see what we see....Show more
Pam Rampadarat: Well, it depends on how you look at it.Men are praised when raising a child on their own.They! don't understand some of the emotions that the children go through, however.Women are shunned for not having a man in their life.But they understand more about emotions and feeling then men do.So it's pretty equal....Show more
August Hubbard: A single parent has to play both the mother and the father role, however i think both have thier difficulties. For single mom's dating is generally harder because most men don't want to date someone with kids if they don't have any, where as more women are naturing and don't mind as much. However society is more accepting of single mothers and giving them time off to care for the sick kids and giving sympathy then i think they would be to a single father.
Dalila Yoon: Overall I would say easier, but a lot of it depends.For example, even though my kids are physically not as pushed (They do play sports, but I grew up on a farm for a good portion of my childhood where there was a lot of manual labor to do, and my children wil! l probably never have to do that.) but at the same time there is more p! ressure on this new generation than ever before to be first, first, first. Cyberbullying has taken on a whole new meaning to the "mean kid" in class (Not like we didn't face bullying, because we did, but certainly we never had the hurdle of cyberbullying) and the pressure to grow up fast and be the best and always be on top, although present in my day as well, seems to be quickly growing these days.The first thing that comes to mind when I think of the difference is the advance in technology in this generation. If used the right way, technology is great. When misused, technology can become the center of your life and often ruin it. It's a help and a hindrance. You have to know how to use it in moderation. (I'm not really one to talk, though, seeing as I spend a lot of my "free time" on Y!A.)Overall, it sort of balances out. There's always going to be hurdles, there's always going to be things that are easier. Because of advances in the world of technology, a lot of aspects ! are easier, but like I said, many new problems have popped up too....Show more
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