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Originally posted by Kimmykim:
Let's assume that some people make some strange assumptions. 
I guess I better tell my son now that living in a single parent family he's going to hell by the time he's 18 and we can just give up on anything else.
I believe if you look at motorcycle fatality statistics helmets don't play much of a role in life or death on the highway where speed and the type of accidents that are prevalent make it much more likely that a fatality will occur than an in town accident.
Regardless of statistics, riding a motorcycle is inherently dangerous in itself to the point that it should be the rider's choice, helmet or no.
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There was also the matter of seatbelts(?).
The problem with stating the truth about single-parent families is that all the single parents get their backs up and get defensive.
This is the problem with stating the truth about anything nowadays. If it's true but not politically correct, you can expect a drubbing.
The statistics are clear. Like any statistics, they are conclusions based on large samples and don't really say anything about particular cases. They only tell us that IN GENERAL a kid is better off with two parents (of opposite sexes as well, by the way).
I don't hate or even dislike single parents. I was simply pointing out a fact about what happens when a kid loses one of his parents IN GENERAL. Obviously, if his mom has divorced an abusive SOB, the kid is better off in that case. Still, the generalities apply.
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