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This opinion piece (based on research - http://www.lisdatacenter.org/wps/liswps/693.pdf) really spoke to me:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/single-mothers-poverty.html

The author's final note is powerful and a great takeaway: 
[i]"Rather than falsely claiming that single motherhood is a major cause of poverty, we should support single mothers in raising America’s children."[/i]

We need to look for ways to lessen the penalties for these risk factors to break the cycle of poverty. Personally, I think we should address the four risk factors for poverty with LARCs and educational support: 
1) Teen pregnancy - provide free/accessible LARCs 
2) Education - provide multi-generation educational support with wrap-around services to get more people get HS degrees or higher
3) Unemployment - provide multi-generation educational support with wrap-around services to get more people get certificates/training (e.g., healthcare technicians) 
4) Single mothers - provide free/accessible LARCs, making it easier for women to wait until marriage to have children

And rather than compare who had it harder, find ways to support those still in need. Free college helped raise up PP's family. What can we do to help raised up others? 
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Not just single motherhood, but single parenthood, in general, is a major cause of poverty. It does not take rocket science to figure out that a single parent has less time and money to raise a child versus a two-parent household. Most of the single-parent households in the US are single mothers, and therefore they tend to draw the highlight. This author's suggestion is like telling people that rather than blaming smoking for poor health, we should support smokers in dealing with their lung diseases. This is an asinine assertion. [/quote]

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