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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.brookings.edu/people/ron-haskins/

Ron Haskins and countless other researchers/policy wonks have been underscoring this and backing it up with data for decades. Many decades.

Kids with two parents have better outcomes.

Households with two parents are less likely to live in poverty.

Delaying parenthood until you have a high school diploma and a job and a partner = less likely to live in poverty, kids have better outcomes, etc.

This is obvious. And backed up by decades of data.

Sadly, it makes people uncomfortable to address the elephant in the room.

I watched a crowd go off on Haskins during a panel held at the Reagan building many, many years ago…long before woke was even a thing. Women literally stood up and screamed, “But I’m a single mom and my kids are thriving in private school!!!” (Of course, that single mom was a prominent figure at a big advocacy org. She had a JD…and a wealthy ex who paid child support…and very likely tuition.)

If the DC policy wonks who lobby on the Hill weren’t open to listening to Haskins present *data* and recommendations 10-15 years ago before the world became so entrenched in identity politics, then I doubt anyone will receive this research any differently.

Bottom line: we can’t legislate family planning or good decisions. We feel sorry for the kids, so we fund safety net projects that ultimately fall short.

And now we have thousands of migrants flooding into the country requiring resources to be shifted.

FTR, I’m a liberal with a SJW job in DC. I care about people and the policies that help them. Now more than ever, I’m convinced we are doing things wrong. [/quote]

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