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[quote=Anonymous]This came up many years ago at a policy event at the Reagan building decades ago. Hosted by the Atlantic, a highly regarded policy wonk (from Brookings IIRC) presented all the data supporting two parents are better than one through the lens of lifting kids out of poverty and leading to better outcomes on multiple levels. All backed up by data, including longitudinal studies. The upper class policy wonks, advocates, etc went nuts. “Racist!” “Not true! I’m a single mom with a big six figure salary and my kids go to (insert big 3 dc school)! You are wrong!” Um…the poor guy with the data wasn’t wrong. The audience just centered themselves instead of realizing they are the outliers instead of the norm. And more importantly, socioeconomics plays a big role in all outcomes…because money can fix a lot of issues. [/quote]
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