3264 The Danger of Being a Single Mom - Call In Show - April 15th, 2016

Question 1: [1:23] - “I am a single mother of a two-year-old child. The statistics show that children raised in single mother homes do less well than those raised with a happily married couple. Is there anything I can do or focus my parenting on to ensure my son grows into an adult with the least problems possible?”Question 2: [4:05] - “Please apply rationality to the social convention known as tipping in America. In my opinion, it’s the least universalized standard ever, and I feel like a surf every time I conform to this standard. For average service, I tip twenty percent, great service is twenty-five percent and crappy service is ten to fifteen percent. Should I be tipping more people who aren't covered by the standard convention?”Question 1 Continued: [29:20] - The discussion continues with the Single Mom. Question 3: [1:40:24] - “I had a very strong reaction to your “Why I Was Wrong About Atheism” video…”Question 4: [2:23:35] - “My question is of workplace principles. I work for a company which espouses “Openness and Honesty” as a value. However, I was recently dinged for communicating to a client that I lacked knowledge of a recent equipment reset. In a list of complaints to my manager, the client noted my lack of knowledge about this task. My manager then advised me to withhold communications of a lack of knowledge and, instead, communicate to the client that I would look into any event I didn’t have knowledge about. I feel emotionally uncomfortable with the criticism – is it valid?”Question 5: [2:42:33] - “I was born and lived in Canada for thirteen years until my family moved to Lebanon. The culture clash hit me straight in the face. I am currently twenty-three years-old and ten years later, I still can't get along with some of the locals. These days I'm getting the urge to change others - is it really possible and to which extent?”Freedomain Radio is 100% funded by viewers like you. Please support the show by signing up for a monthly subscription or making a one time donation at: http://www.freedomainradio.com/donate