Is parenting a 'two-person job'? Kemi Badenoch sparks GMB debate

Two experts debated whether two-parent families are always better, following the Tory leadership hopeful's comments.]

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Video transcript

I'm not saying people should stick together.

What she's saying is that fathers should be present now.

You can be separated and divorced and still have a very present father in your life.

That's reasonable, isn't it?

I think it's about what is best for the Children, and I don't necessarily think if a father is abusive or is toxic that they should be involved.

I think financially, always pay for your Children, be there.

But I think for me I know that I wouldn't be the person I am today.

If I wasn't removed from having a very close relationship with my father, I think I was rescued from being infected by quite a toxic parent.

So I think it's about happy, confident Children.

And I think we need to remove this touring stigma.

I didn't want to be labelled a single mother.

I didn't want to be labelled a black single mother.

If I'm going to be really honest because of still the stigma there is.

But I have never been more present happy and my Children are an example of why you should be a single parent.

It's much better than an unhappy, hypothetical question to you.