The Census speaks
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- February
- 21
I can’t say I’m a numbers geek, but I do like to look at the figures now and again to see how things play out demographically. With that in mind, this is new data from the U.S. Census that found that 94 percent of kids in the nation live with at least one biological parent.
Of course, that covers a wide range of scenarios, from traditional mom-dad-kids homes to blended families to single-parent homes. Perhaps more telling is another statistic: That 61 percent of kids lived with both biological parents, whether they’re married or not. This might be one of those glass half-full or half-empty questions. Is that a positive statistic? Or is the number not high enough?
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on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 4:12 pm by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon.
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I think that number is not high enough. I think we’d be better off if more children lived with both parents.
Failing that, both parents should at least be involved in their lives on a regular basis. The ironic thing is that sometimes divorced fathers are more involved with their children because they can’t just take seeing them at home for granted.
I wonder what the statistic is for children who have little to no contact with one of their parents (usually the father)? I bet it’s disturbingly high.