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Originally posted by Munchkin03
Of the many many single mothers I know (and am related to), NONE of them received government assistance at all during their pregnancies or afterwards. The vast majority of them were professional women before their pregnancies (all of whom were able to hire nannies), had understanding parents who were willing and able to take care of their grandchildren, had amazing employers who were cool with long maternity leaves and milk breaks--all of them thrived and succeeded with little or no help from the fathers. Your use of the word "most" is a vast overgeneralization, and insulting to those single mothers who don't want to be lumped in with the mythical Reagan-era "welfare queen." I do understand and agree with what you've said throughout this thread (and most others here on GC), but that statement just rubbed me the wrong way.
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I was meaning - most single women UNDER the age of 22.....going for the ones that haven't finished a college education, or high school for that matter. I think my brain got ahead of my typing with that one. Sorry for the misunderstanding.