I was finally relaxing after an insane day yesterday. I had sent the kids off to their weekly two hour dinner with their dad and was warmly curled up on the couch, tablet in hand for Candy Crush domination, and flipped on the television. There was not much on but I settled on a show that was talking about kids and the internet and the dangers. It was a story piece highlighting several kids that had gotten killed as a result of online interactions. Fully aware that this show would confirm that my kids will not get on social media until they are 21, a recurring comment kept coming up that annoyed the living crap out of me. 'He/ she was raised in a single mom home, parents divorcing when they were younger.' Further conclusions about the 'typical' single mom household being unstable and leading to low self esteem which led to bad decisions that got them killed really got me angry.

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