What do you think about sending single mothers into combat?

Running Head : SENDING SINGLE MOTHERS INTO COMBAT

Sending Single Mothers Into Combat

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Women in the army may not comprise even a third of the armed forces but they have become commonplace and their numbers are increasing During war time , children do not only part with their fathers serving in the army , as in the wars of 60 to 100 years ago . Today , many children have to part with their mothers , too . The parting becomes more affecting when , later on , the parent becomes a POW , physically incapacitated , or worse

, die in battle . It becomes a consolation to the child , however when after he loses a parent to a war , he still has the other to raise him . The tragedy is when , at a young age , the war would leave him with neither a father nor a mother . Being a single mother , especially when she is in a circumstance where her husband has died or has no more intention of sharing the responsibility of raising the child , should be a special case with which the armed forces should consider before sending the female soldier into combat . Single mothers should not be allowed to be sent into combat in to eliminate the risk of a child 's losing the only parent he has

It is important that a child have both father and mother figures with which to emulate , each gender contributing his or her particular traits and values upon the child . However , life is never perfect , sometimes a marriage...