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Time for mothers to raise their children, not their status : Comments
By James McConvill, published 12/9/2005James McConvill argues that resident parents need to focus on the best interests of their children.
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Posted by Liz, Friday, 13 January 2006 5:45:39 AM
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It shed's some light on single-parent households. That we're not a homogenous group of people. Our backgrounds, circumstances, education level, economic-status are vast and various.
I do not identify with Timkins representation of single mothers.
I think Timkins adheres to the preferred discourse of single mothers as being parasites on society. Single parents who receive parenting payment are a transient segment of society. Just as students are, or pensioners for that matter. They do not receive parenting payment forever. I believe the average time frame for single parent household to receive parenting payment is approximately 3-4 years.
Liz.