Sixty-one percent of single women say they would consider raising a child on their own. Given the information we now have on children growing up in single-family households, this is a very disturbing statistic. This is a bad combination, for women and children alike. The facts are clear. Well, gone are those days.
Women have their faults, too.
Indeed, some women can't communicate, aren't sexually faithful, love control, can't listen, don't understand, and fear commitment. But Time 's Edwards gives the trend toward singleness a positive spin, suggesting that more women are single today because society is now more accepting of single women, and the women themselves are more picky and choosy then their mothers were. What Edwards doesn't say, however, is that Crittenden's book actually addresses the questions Edwards herself barely bothered to examine. Rearing children is inherently messy work, and a working family can do a whole lot more for the children than a single working mother can. Thoughts to ponder, while reading Time 's cover story.