Analyzing the Plane Metaphor

Santorum is saying in his plane metaphor that a single parent home is less likely to be as successful as a two parent home, although both can be successful. I think that he uses some statistics that show that this statement has some truth to it, when he talks about the percentages that show that two parent households have less violent kids, less child abuse etc. Like I said in class though, those are just statistics. There are definitely families that only have one parent, or two moms, or two dads, or both parents that end up providing perefectly stable and loving environments and I think that is what it takes for successful families. Single parent households may have a harder time of keep the environment stable, and loving because I'm sure that they have a lot of stress and probably have to work and many other things that make them have to work harder. Santorum says that we would all choose the second plane if we could because there is a better chance of making it to the destination, and of course that is true, but people can't choose their families and cannot always choose their family circumstances. I definitely think that the circumstances of each family is what dictates whether or not, to quote Santorum, their family "plane crashes or makes it to the destination."