3/27/08

A Mommy AND A Daddy!

Steven Malanga of City Journal discusses the root of poverty issues in the US:

"..Given that a significant body of research now shows that children raised in two-parent, married families do better in school, are less likely to wind up in jail, and are less likely to end up on welfare, the startling racial divide in marriage tells us that a new generation of children, especially blacks, are growing up destined to struggle academically, in the job market, and in forming their own families. And policy prescriptions like a higher minimum wage or tax credits are unlikely to help many of these kids. What they mostly need is another parent—usually a father... "

http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0321sm.html

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