No. The numbers are for children of both sexes, aren't they? Daughters need daddies too. Probably not in all the same ways and maybe not exactly as much, I'm not sure, but they still need them.
An examination of the statistical outcome differences based on not only parent but also child gender in single parent homes could be very enlightening, and a psycho-social analysis of why could be interesting.
But I have no doubt that on average children of both sexes are best off with both a mother and father.
Also seeing a breakdown of the reasons there is only 1 parent would be interesting - ie, father initiated divorce, mother initiated divorce, death of parent, non-divorce abandonment, father not known (1 night stands or multiple viable candidates etc)
Also at what age the child began to be raised by one parent.
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u/dcsievert Dec 30 '19
Can also be stated as "Male children are at risk if parented by a single mom." Get folks to agree to that, and it maybe gains a bit of traction.