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Originally Posted by Webstral
The life of a single parent is not the easy life. I have two children under three. My wife and I can barely keep things going with only one of us working. A single soldier pulling a normal duty day, then playing mommy at night, does not have it easy. What she has is an inequitable distribution of soldiering duties because other soldiers have to pick up the slack so she can meet her commitments to her kids. In a sense, the unit becomes her support network when other soldiers take up duties that rightfully belong to her. That needs to stop. But never would I characterize the life of a single parent as being the easy life.
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Military life has but few civilian analogs possibly police, fire fighters, some federal agents. Why should everyone else pickup the slack, and even be paid less (no BAH, no BAS) in the case of single soldiers. In the mean time Ms. Single Mom works 40 hours with nights, weekends, and holidays hers because childcare is difficult or more expensive. Why should the tax payer foot the bill? Why should you pay more taxes so that Ms. "Did not get married" can have free child care along with the free health care? Who enlisted to be that single parents support network? Who enlisted to work sixty hours so that Miss "Doin it on my own" doesn't have to go over 40? When did the quality of someones elses family time become a priority for National Defense?
