fed up with bad publicity single parents get-i do better job than most 2 parent families!

[AMAZINWOMAN]

David Cameron and the Conservatives are once again encouraging marriage by giving married people better tax breaks.

I'm fed up with all the bad pubilicty that single parents get. I am bringing my kids up much better than people in 2 parent families. Both of my kids are bright, the best behaved in class, got lovely friends and are both happy and confident. Especially my youngest-this school report said he always does his best, asset to school, delight to teach etc etc

why cant the conservaties just encourage tax breaks FOR ALL families instead of singling out families-why do my kids have to see this on the news and be made to feel differnt? rant over!

As someone who (at one time) was a single parent and is now one of 2, I'd just like to say that I do think that single parents get a bad rap. It is much, much harder as a single parent, as someone else mentioned if you're working, if your child(ren) is/are ill, you can't share the burden. I once used my entire yearly leave because ds caught 2 nasty ear infections and the chicken pox in one year. And I couldn't go swanning off for a nice day of shopping and leave the dc's with dh, like I can now.
I think the problem is that the media (and for media, read Daily Mail) portray all single mothers as chain smoking, Vicky pollards who sit on their arses all day and sponge off the saintly tax payer.

Thanks Lisa - I'll gladly take your money (I'm a nurse). We pay £550 a month for 3 days nursery a week.

hmm, I saw this news item and just thought, uh oh, he is pandering to the blue rinse brigade.
I live in a strongly religious area (the Pope is from round here), and I hate the prejudice that exists round here.

It also suits the government that the media scapegoats single parents as it detracts attention away from the real tax robbers.