So that's how you interpreted my comments- that mothers are not important? I think most normal people would agree that mothers are important. The problem is that a larger number of people - as you demonstrate - don't seem to want to acknowledge that fathers are also very important.  I never said that a kid can't turn out well being raised by just a mother- many do.  But generally it benefits kids more to have two stable parents. If you bothered to look up the stats you would find confirmation that what I said is proven to be true.