This I Believe/Draft of Podcast

I believe that you do not have to be married for your child or childrens' lives to go well. The so-called studies that doctors have done show or say that children growing up in married homes have a better life. I, as a teen growing up in a single-parent family home would have to disagree. My mom has never been married a day in her adult life. She is a single mother of three; two teenage girls and a 10 month old baby boy. To me, my life has been going just great. Just because my father does not reside in the same home as I do does not mean that my life is just horrible. My mom is a very strong woman. She does a very good job at making sure we are very well taken care of. Even though we have had our rough times over the years, we still manage to make it through. Just because two people are married does not make the child's life awesome. In order for the child to have a good life they do not just need their parents to be married, they need them to be there and support in every way they can. Being married is just an exchange of vows between two people. In my mind, my mom is married;she is married to herself and to her beloved children. So when I look at my life and some lives' of teens I know have grown up or are growing up in a married home, I think my life is great living in a single-parent home. This is why I believe you do not have to be married for your children to have a better life.