Patch blogged live Saturday from the "Defending the American Dream" summit in Milwaukee, an educational and training conference aimed at gearing up conservatives for the upcoming elections.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, along with Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Congressman Paul Ryan, joined hundreds of GOP activists at a daylong event hosted by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation–Wisconsin.
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http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/mar/25/glenn-grothman/gop-wisconsin-state-senator-says-study-shows-kids-/
Perhaps you should talk to some single mothers to get some perspective. There's a lot of them around.
I don't always "like" what I read but I know I can't learn if I don't keep an open mind.
The fact that many single parents do not choose to be in that situation is irrelevant as far as attacking Grothman's claim. Perhaps they should do some studies to compare the rates of abuse by those that chose to be single parents and those that didn't... The point of what Grothman was making is that children are indeed more likely to be abused when they are in single parent situations. If we ignore the statistics because we don't want to offend single parents, then we are doing the children who are being abused a disservice. As Grothman stated, "people certainly know there are single moms who are good parents and there are single moms who aren’t. But when the statistics show you’re 20 times greater -- in one type of family structure than another -- to cause a child to be a victim of sexual abuse, it’s something that ought to be out there."
Once you cut through the politics and stop vilifying Grothman for being a Republican, you would realize that the purpose of the bill isn't to vilify single parents, it is to raise awareness and educate people. I actually quoted Grothman directly in my comment. Not quite sure how I could have put it in a 'better spirit' than did Grothman.
Women try to provide financial stability and security for their children, but it happens that a new husband or boyfriend adds many new problems. There are single dads too, but it does not appear to be as much of a stigma as for single mothers, perhaps because they are fewer in number. Gender shouldn't matter. People should be responsible for their children. This is why I iterate that my recommended solution is to beef up legislation that holds deadbeat parents responsible. If Sen. Grothman brought that forward I would laud him.
The specifics of how the information is used rests with the Wisconsin Child abuse and neglect prevention board. They are empowered to influence budget and/or legislation that can create/strengthen child abuse prevention programs. The information would also educate the people that are empowered to help identify possible abuse situations (teachers, coaches, doctors, nurses, religious leaders, parents, etc.), and protect children from abuse. Knowing that a child's home situation places them at a higher risk for abuse can be useful in getting that child help before it is too late.
Correlation vs. causation really doesn't matter does it? A strong correlation should be enough to start raising awareness about the potential for abuse in those situations.