Brownie,
“Many of these single fathers have created more than one single-mother”. Is this true?

“Let's reel these guys in”. This seems to be suggesting that there be some type of totalitarian or police state, which will undoubtedly create more problems.

There are many single parent families and the numbers seem to be growing in time. I would agree that government has now begun to look at single parent mothers because of perceived labour shortage. Prior to this government has not said much about the growing numbers of single parent families, or on the overall affects this has on society.

So maybe it best to look for the main causes of why there are so many single parent families in the first place, and solve that problem

Brownie "For every single-mother-bludger, there is a single father out there somewhere. Many of these single fathers have created more than one single-mother. Let's reel these guys in. "

Who is to say the single father is not already just another bludger supposedly like the single mothers your describe?

Who are the ones to be tasked with the responsibility to "reel these guys in"?

When they have been "reeled in" what action do your propose?

So maybe it best to look for the main causes of why there are so many single parent families in the first place, and solve that problem

I agree with your comment Timkins- Perhaps if we find the cause instead of treating the symptom we would perhaps be better off.

It appears that there is no common sense at all. Perhaps if we taught common sense 101 in schools- that for every action there is a consequence/reaction. Lets get back to basics!
Stop placing bandaids on an already festering wound!

At the other and of the spectrum we have Asian mothers working in the rice paddies,have a baby on the job and continue working in the fields the very next day,out of necessity of pure survival.

What is wrong with mothers of school age children working if the Govt also rewards them by reducing their pensions only marginly as a reward.They would also then have job skills for when their children leave school.Many of these mothers become unemployable because they lose contact with the work force.

The trouble is that Govt gets too stingy wanting too remove benefits totally,instead offering incentives,after all, they created the problem in the first place.

The problem is not that single mothers don't want to go outside and work, besides bringing up their precious offspring, it's just that they have no-one to help them do so.

Answer.

Get the Grandparents more involved! Give them more incentives for helping out.

And people with no relatives around them, of course should not be expected to work.

Latch Key children due to no example of unity or loyalty from the home would soon turn into criminals, resulting in even greater monetary costs for the government.

Families and parents teach morals, social etiquette and skills, not schools.

Schools are mainly large, mass minding institutions with little time for emotional support or understanding of the individual student.

It was expected, that is until this budget was announced, that parents should teach these social skills at home.

Unfortunately for ALL of us. There will be, if we allow these rules to persist, a generation of undisciplined, unloving latch-key children, roaming the streets.

Hope they don't break into your house, Mr Costello !