Desperado not only are you being a goady fucker, you're also being an insensitive one. Even if a person has life insurance, this is often only enough to help short term. When my Dad died at 32, our mortgage was paid off. Fantastic to have a secure roof, but we still grew up in poverty. And my mum worked. You are blaming single parents. I have met many over the years, and not one of them became single by choice.
I became a single mum at 21 when I was pregnant to a man I had only known 6 months. Contraception failed (people very often disbelieve this but it happens) I met another man when my Son was 2. We were together 8 years, both earning well, very secure. But when we decided to have a baby, and I became pregnant, he became abusive. I left.
Now I'm single again. Living in poverty again, with 2 kids this time.
Please tell me how this is my fault. (Actually I already know, it's because I didn't predict the man I loved having a personality switch after all those years together)
Op you are right. I work on a supply basis at a school. Because of this it has been very difficult to get my benefits right. I would be better off not working at all. Single parents who do well are usually receiving child maintenance or in very well paid jobs. Until attitudes change, and the government makes it easier to work, perhaps by ensuring employers pay a decent wage for a start, single parents will suffer, as will their children.