But the rise of single-parent families in itself has complex social causes, and it will not be reversed by politicians.
Curiously, as blogger Tom Maguire notes, Blow himself has written on the dangers of single-parent households to black children in particular--in 2008, when he congratulated Barack Obama for his candor in raising the question.
Aside from the basics - utilities, schools, clean streets, efficient public transport - at which Tokyo traditionally excels, the Japanese megapolis provides sign-language interpreters for the deaf, home helpers for the elderly, and subsidies for single-parent households.
One would think an extra income contributed by a grandparent joining the household would help single-parent or even double-parent families.
In 2006, Eddie left his power suit job at Tyson Foods to start his own foundation -- the Eddie Armstrong Scholarship Foundation -- dedicated to providing scholarships to minority students of single-parent homes and attending the University of Arkansas.
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But what Scarborough failed to mention is that same black man came from a single-parent home where the mom had to go on welfare just to feed her family.
Stay-at-home parents should qualify for a new government program while they are raising young children--one that provides money for good food, as well as education on cooking, meal planning and shopping--so that one parent in a two-parent household, or a single parent, can afford to be home with the children and provide wholesome, healthy meals.
And as a single parent, oftentimes, the child has to get out - the oldest child.
Persistent poverty is most acute among single-parent households: 29% of those in the bottom 30% of the income distribution in 1991 stayed there for the next five years, a higher proportion than for any other household type.
Any one of these losses will harshly impact single-parent families, children, people with disabilities and the elderly.
But everyone gets two copies of the gene--one from each parent--and even a single M scuttles any hope for a magical career.
But they also warned inner city areas of London, Nottingham, Hull and Manchester, which commonly had young populations with unhealthy habits and high levels of single-parent families, were likely to face serious problems in the future.
He was raised by a single-parent mother who struggled to put herself through school and pay the bills.
At a time when many countries are attacking the rights of the most vulnerable sectors of society, Venezuela is providing ever greater protection for low-income senior citizens and single-parent families with younger children or disabled dependents.
She'd been a single parent to their ten-year-old daughter, finished her nursing degree, and handled the family's finances.
Per the Census Bureau, poverty rates for married couples were 6.2 percent, but 27.3 percent for single-parent families.
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