Why children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way
1 year, 5 months ago

Why children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way

NPR  

Why children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way Enlarge this image toggle caption Al Bello/Getty Images Al Bello/Getty Images The economist Melissa Kearney has been both vilified and praised for her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind. Kearney's argument that children who grow up in unmarried households are fighting the odds has progressives miffed and accusing Kearney of stigmatizing single mothers. "There are a lot of folks who are uncomfortable with the idea of prioritizing one family type over another," says Kearney, whose research and work as an economist at the University of Maryland focuses on issues that most would consider progressive: poverty, inequality, family and children. "You get a knee jerk reaction from a lot of people like, 'Oh, well, it doesn't matter if they're married as long as they stay together,'" says Kearney. Kearney cites sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas, who interviewed 162 single mothers for Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage.

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5 years, 7 months ago

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Huff Post  

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6 years, 10 months ago

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NL Times  

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7 years, 5 months ago

More Americans living without partners

CNN  

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9 years, 4 months ago

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LA Times  

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12 years, 3 months ago

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Salon  

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