I agree with this . I was raised in a single parent "home" I say home because it was a 1948 school bus with no running water for myself. mother, and 3 siblings. We were beyond poor. But my mother would allow no excuses. We were raised to be polite, hard working, and never to blame anyone for our circumstances. All 4 kids went on to have upper middle class incomes and improve their lot in life. Most of the people that we associated with as kids are either dead, in jail, or living off the system. The difference was their parents (mostly singe moms) did not parent them. They enabled them. Parent, in my opinion, is a verb. For the record I am white, so I had whatever advantage you think that gave me.