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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Increase in single parent households over the last 40 years is the leading cause of poverty and discipline issues across any demographic, IMO. And this in turn causes desperate academic outcomes. And the trend is clear across all demos.[/quote]

Well, sort of. Single parent families are also on the increase across Europe, but poverty rates are not increasing. The difference is a functioning social safety net. It is very difficult to provide a stable economic base without two parents, but research shows that MC/UMC kids with single parent families have identical outcomes to kids in the same socioeconomic group with two parents in the home. The difference isn't the single parent - it's the money. [/quote]
Right. Two parents provide money. Not everyone can be a senior business analyst but everyone can work lower skilled jobs and combine income and time to provide a stable environment for their kids. Subsidizing people to a greater degree is only treating the symptom.[/quote]

It depends on your lens. Northern European countries have decided that "kids have a stable home" is important, so have prioritized ensuring that is possible.

The USA has decided that "incentivizing marriage" is important, so provides a weak safety net meant to force people into marriage through economic coersion.

There's a reason why divorce rates are climbing, and a reason why women institute the vast majority of divorces - as women have gained economic equality, they've emancipated themselves from heteronormative institutions.

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