Supporting Our Children <Tab/>In today's modern society there has been a dramatic increase in single parenting, specifically single mothers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, nationally, there were about 5.8 million single mothers in the work force, and 1.9 million single fathers in 2001. As women are growing into major positions, such as, making partners at law firms, business owners, and being appointed to important roles in the government, they …showed first 75 words of 1027 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1027 total…support, and a family oriented man. These expectations occur to assure their child will receive the best care from both parents and are able to display the same type of love and family for his or her family one day. This would allow the children to decrease the need of social service dependency, and to decrease the rate of children having children outside of wedlock. These children would understand the importance and necessity of family.