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> complain about the only ways to lower them. When you say "the only way", you are ignoring other solutions > When one parent is in prison and the other is wo
by rovolo 6y ago
> complain about the only ways to lower them.
When you say "the only way", you are ignoring other solutions
> When one parent is in prison and the other is working nonstop
Should we be putting that parent in prison? Should we be forcing the other parent to work nonstop to provide for their family?
- nitrogen 6y agoIMO in a complex, vicious feedback loop like this (namely, cultural and systemic discrepancies in outcomes and opportunities), you have to use every solution, weighted for effectiveness and weighted against backlash and unintended consequences. In some cases you really want state-provided educational daycare. In some you really want the parents to have more time with the kids, in some you really don't (I know personally of some cases in rural "red neck" towns where kids' parents were the worst influence in their lives). If non-violent parents are put in prison, that's a problem. If violent parents are not put in prison, that is also a problem. You have to address peer influences. You have to support families who have the potential to do well. You have to improve access to means of family planning (education, birth control, etc.). You have to try to persuade people to do things differently than the way that keeps them in poverty. You have to do all of these things.