[Phasad1913]

Originally posted by sasharala
I know that I am new here, but I just happened to browse through this discussion....then a thought hit me concerning cleo's statement about "two parent households" being "norm" because white people started the trend and the rest of us just love to follow.

I type this not to down-grade but just as a separate thought. If your beliefs stem from the Bible, then wouldn't two parent households originate from Africa, with Eve and Adam being the first two parent household? And even if that isn't your belief, cavemen were said to reside in nomadic tribes so they pretty much had the group/community raising the child bit. And if evolution is your thing, then apes were more into the alpha male of the group leads the pack with the females to take care of the young, so I can't tell if that's a polygamy situation or what.

Basically, my point is that the white culture didn't "come up with" the two parent family. It was around long before them. If anything, the "single parent" mentality is fairly recent.

Just my thoughts....sorry to intrude.

Go head sasharala! I just had to commend you on this.