70% of serial killers were raised by single mothers. Why are women so bad at raising children by themselves?

Answer 1

what a load of crap you are talking - I am a single mother (divorce) I have raised 4 children to adult without any maintenance as he went abroad - three of my children are happily married with families of their own and the other one is at University in London. I worked damn hard to bring my children up and I am proud of them, its not an easy job with two parents yet alone one - have you tried it?

Answer 2

Your question is badly worded! Even if a lot of women were bad mothers, it would still make it a complete generalisation!

I think the question should be "Why were those women so bad at raising their children by themselves?".

The answer to which I cannot give. There are numerous reasons, which will vary from family to family.

Also, the father didn't necessarily abandon the child, the father could have died, or the woman could have divorced him.

Come on people, let's stop with the absurd generalisations! Take care! :-)

Answer 3

I am not sure on the percentage that you are quoting whether that is actually correct.
I have known many mothers without partners who have made a very good job with raising their children.
Parenting is a huge task and to do it alone is very difficult whether a dad or a mum on their own. I take my hat of to them all.
It is easy to criticise. However, why are they raising them alone, is it to do with
some men who are incapable of being fathers to their children and will not accept responsibility at all, so leave the mothers to fend for themselves, emotionally and financially.

Answer 4

Because women are generally passive and not discipline the child. Even stern women or over bearing women are weak, a child needs a father to look up to as a role model, especially a male child. I guess you could assume that a male child that grows up without a father or at least a good father figure will have some problems, serial killers are at the extreme end of that spectrum.

Answer 5

Cite your source for that statistic. I find that hard to believe. I am a single mother and my son has not killed anyone. Not one single mother I know has a child that turned into a killer.

Answer 6

single mums unfairly get a lot of stick - my brother has two kids and even though there are two of them doing the parenting - it is exhausting, so it must be a very hard job for one

criticism should be directed at feckless parents (single or together) who do not dedicate what it takes to raise their kids and should especially be directed at the 'fathers' who take off and wash their hands of their own kids

Answer 7

I was raised by mother who was single, She did her best and i think i turned out alright.
I think your question insults single mothers i would suggest laying the blame for the kids who turn in to sereal killers with the fathers who quite rightly should have been with their children.

Answer 8

Because it is the father that are naturally designed to pass the tradition (moral standards, or religion, character, virtue, etc) to they kids, without them, the kids, feel lost, the boys become criminals and the girls, used and abused by so called good men.
It is very interesting, now day the UK society as far as I can said, men has no role in family issue, unless he choose to.
I met a 2 year old boy and notice that he was crave for affection and would take it from my wife and from me, ( i am a man) he would copy whatever I was doing, so the evidence of this and the facts everywhere is that a mother is there to give the emotional support for the kid and the father to give the teachings of moral, aptitudes, teaching of any kind, so without a male figure, the kids are frustrated, and it make the boys violent .

Answer 9

I personally don't think that women are bad at raising children on their own. Most serial killers are men right? Well if you are being rasied in a single parent home then you probably have no real male influence. Just becuase more serial killer were raised my singler mothers, doesn't mean these women are at fault.

Answer 10

It's not necessarily that women are bad at it, the problem may lie in the fact that there is no male figure which for SOME , not all, has a detrimental effect on their emotional and psychological development.