Parrot keeping- Are We The Problem?

[DanaandPod]

If I had never come on this site I wouldn't have heard about the light schedule and some of the foods that are good for them to eat. Yet, part of me wishes i never came on here. I have been more of a mess than ever with my concern for my bird to the point of purchasing another bird that i now have to return or resell. And, then put down so many times. I am sorry but i find it laughable when I reread comments that say they are so grateful to have learned the best thing. Because, with the amount of contradicting information between vets and books and forums and web info... how is anyone so sure about most of this? I cannot get to a clear answer about anything. And, this frustration is more to do with this than not hearing what i want to hear. Because the fact is is that I do hear what i want sometimes and not at other times. And, that is not what i am looking for at all but instead the truth. And, if there was some truth behind whether a parrot is okay home alone all day... then the truth should be answered in one sentence instead of the ongoing page long responses that are not clear cut answers...which have left me with an unknown that eats away at me...and I am trying to do what is best for my beloved pet. If i never came on here... I may not be so stressed now. What madness this has been! And, what is the actual problem? why people of course. How they project their feelings onto an animal to not caring at all...how in the world is anyone to know whats truth underneath human flaw of this whole ordeal?

[Wolf]

Dana, I really can empathise with what it is that you are saying, and I really wish that I could give you a clear cut answer on the delimma of whether a parrot is ok or not being alone for this or that many hours per day, but all that I can offer is (1) my opinion, and (2) what all my research indicates, which is what my opinion is base upon as well as my observation with my own birds. That is that parrots always do better with at least a compatable companion. And I do believe that this is what I have told you very consistently.
Please consider, parrots in the wild are never alone, they have evolved to never be alone it is, in my opinion, as much of a necessity as food and water. The Swedish government believes that parrots should never be kept as single birds, to the extent that they recently passed a set of laws that expressly forbid the purchase of single parrots as well as the keeping of a single one.
When you began your search for a companion for you parrot and the best candidate for it didn't happen, I on more than one occasion urged you to be patient until another suitable bird could be located. My bad, was that I did not inform you outright that I was actively seeking a companion for Pod, so due to that, I share in your present situation. At such time as I locate a suitable bird for Pod, unless someone else finds this companion for him, I will also direct my efforts to finding an appropriate home for the cockatiel. That is the best that I can do on this.
Parrots are a lot like humans in many respects and this is due to their intelligence and humans have faced all of the same delimmas themselves for thousands of years and there are no cut and dried answers on the horizon for these same issues as they apply to humans, so why would it be any different with parrots, especially since we only have slightly more than 20 years devoted to finding out about them and their needs?
I truly wish that I had better answers for you, but I don't.