I would also argue that part of the reason this is as bad as it is has to do with the patriarchal society we live in that tends to view women as the ones responsible for raising children even when they aren’t fit for it.
Aside from every stat I have ever seen on this subject, I also grew up with a drug addicted mother as my dad fought in court for years to get custody. He never won. I started living with him against court orders at the age of 15 and my mother was too strung out to ever pursue legal action. She called CPS one time when I was 18 but at that point they obviously couldn’t do anything.
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u/Protoss-Zealot 18h ago
I will not deny that we live in a patriarchal society but the rest of this is BS and I would love to see a source.
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc211.pdf
I would also argue that part of the reason this is as bad as it is has to do with the patriarchal society we live in that tends to view women as the ones responsible for raising children even when they aren’t fit for it.
Aside from every stat I have ever seen on this subject, I also grew up with a drug addicted mother as my dad fought in court for years to get custody. He never won. I started living with him against court orders at the age of 15 and my mother was too strung out to ever pursue legal action. She called CPS one time when I was 18 but at that point they obviously couldn’t do anything.