Well said. Having a good father can be key. Just google "fatherlessness statistics" to see the data.

I grew up fatherlesness myself and it left me feeling weak growing up. As a child, I had to figure everything out by myself.

The problem here is confounding. Do we think there are no causes of fatherlessness that are also causes of poorer life outcomes (hint: there are plenty). Given this it's very hard to see clearly how much impact this makes, all the personal anecdotes here notwithstanding.

Except I don't think a single parent has enough time to properly raise a kid.

If it's any comfort, you can have a father and still become "fatherless", or better off without one.

Yep, grew up with a father physically present, the only thing I learned from him is how unlovable I am.

I had to figure everything out myself too.

This is survivorship bias. Is it better to have no father or criminal, drug addicted, violently abusive fathers?

Do you want the actual answer or are you trying to make a point with a rhetorical question you assume you know the answer to?

I have an idea of answer but I can't know for sure.

Not if the father is violent, or dependent on alcohol or drugs, or sexually abusive.

I think you might be mistaking correlation with causation. Are men raised by lesbians entering the prison system at the same rate as men raised by single mothers? I doubt it.

My understanding, from a long-ago report which I cannot find, was that the children of lesbian couples do better than average: higher college admission rates, lower prison rates. It was thought that the relative difficulty of having children as a lesbian couple (including, in the case of adoption, which is understandably more prevalent among such couples, state approval) means that they're better prepared for child-rearing.

> Are men raised by lesbians entering the prison system at the same rate as men raised by single mothers?

Now that is a question that researchers won't ask nor tell.

Why do you feel that's the case?

Not enough data yet, as that's a recent thing.

Yep.

In all the talk about privilege assigned to race or wealth, the reality is that the most beneficial privilege one can enjoy is the love, guidance, and support that comes from a two-parent home.

it's depressing how your comment feels so insightful instead of just plainly obvious.