'Single dads in recovery deserve equality'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Let's face it: sometimes men make better single parents than women. Some researchers even believe that this is almost always true, as single men are better able to impart such things as empathy to their children than women (Father and Child Reunion). With all of the hooting and hollering for women's rights that has gone on over the last few decades, the time has come for the lack of consideration of the rights of men to be noticed and changed. Recovery is definitely one of these areas, at least in the city of Louisville, and single dads need to be afforded the same opportunities to parent as women.

Volunteers of America, for instance, has the only halfway houses in Louisville for women with children: Maude Boothe, Grace House, and Freedom House. There are no such places for men. Why is this? Don't men deserve the same chance to care for themselves and their children as women? How many of you know a single man in recovery with sole custody of his children because their mother chooses to drink/drug instead of parent her kids?'