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0 pointswillcipriano4y ago0 comments

Kids from single parent households are something like half as likely to graduate high school and considerably more likely to end up in prison. It's a big deal.

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thaumasiotes4y ago

To be fair to SamReidHughes, almost none of that can be attributed to the fact that the household is missing a parent. Kids from single-parent households where the missing parent is missing through coincidence, such as by dying in an accident, perform at the same level as kids from two-parent households.

SamReidHughes4y ago

Yeah, attempts to show causality there have fallen down. And single parents aren't some abstract concept either; they largely aren't neglecting their kids.

xvector4y ago

And yet no sane parent would want their children to grow up in a single parent household. Studies don't show everything. Anyone with two eyes and ears can see that single parent households are not good for children. Most children that have grown up in a single-parent household can speak to this. If a culture has a high proportion of single-parent households, this needs to be addressed.

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thaumasiotes4y ago

SamReidHughes4y ago

Yeah, attempts to show causality there have fallen down. And single parents aren't some abstract concept either; they largely aren't neglecting their kids.

xvector4y ago

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