I think you are missing the subtle point that helping the woman profiled get a college degree also helps her six children have better outcomes in life: > And w

I think you are missing the subtle point that helping the woman profiled get a college degree also helps her six children have better outcomes in life: > And when parents get more education, their children tend to do better [0], not only in school but in all sorts of health outcomes. [0]: https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/parental-education/ https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/parental-education/ I can understand your desire not to provide material support for people who decide to have large families, but surely her six children made no such decision? To me, helping these kids’ mother complete a college degree seems like an exceptionally cheap intervention — especially since that money comes from a private foundation (the Amarillo College Foundation) and not the government itself. But granted, I don’t know the magnitude of the positive effect on the kids.