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"...and their children will be more likely to grow up with two married parents, which provides them the best chance for success later in life." It seems odd to

"...and their children will be more likely to grow up with two married parents, which provides them the best chance for success later in life." It seems odd to make such a blanket claim without any citations or clarifications regarding: - Must the parents be married to each other? - Must the parents be happily married? I suspect that many people divorce specifically because they don't want their children reared in a house where the parents are merely tolerating each other if not being outright hostile toward each other.

dfxm12 6y ago
It seems odd to make such a blanket claim without any citations or clarifications Consider the source. It is a conservative think tank. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Institute_for_Family_Studies https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Institute_for_Family_S...
- rbecker 6y ago
  It seems what you consider odd enough to require a citation depends on your political orientation. Citations for the original claim: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0e3d/640709c889472858054c8fe3df01cca051d8.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0e3d/640709c889472858054c8f... https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/are-children-raised-with-absent-fathers-worse-off/ https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/are-children-raised-with-... https://www.apa.org/topics/single-parent https://www.apa.org/topics/single-parent https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47057787 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47057787
  - dfxm12 6y ago
    For the record, these citations reference outcomes related to single parent families or two parent families. Also, the Brookings link is an opinion piece. You understand that two-parent families are not exclusively married families, or that it's disingenuous to posit that if a family isn't single parent, it must be a married family, right?
    - rbecker 6y ago
      Even the Brookings link cites a few studies, while the rest of this thread's posts offer nothing but hand-wringing and loaded questions. And you're right, the links aren't exclusively about marriage. So if "married" was erased from the original claim, you'd agree with it?
maerF0x0 6y ago
> their children will be more likely to grow up with two married parents Also the number of children to un weds and single moms have risen over time. So even if the remaining relationships are improving their odds, their representation across the pool (of children) is declining.

dfxm12 6y ago

It seems odd to make such a blanket claim without any citations or clarifications Consider the source. It is a conservative think tank. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Institute_for_Family_Studies https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Institute_for_Family_S...

rbecker 6y ago
It seems what you consider odd enough to require a citation depends on your political orientation. Citations for the original claim: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0e3d/640709c889472858054c8fe3df01cca051d8.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0e3d/640709c889472858054c8f... https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/are-children-raised-with-absent-fathers-worse-off/ https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/are-children-raised-with-... https://www.apa.org/topics/single-parent https://www.apa.org/topics/single-parent https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47057787 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47057787
- dfxm12 6y ago
  For the record, these citations reference outcomes related to single parent families or two parent families. Also, the Brookings link is an opinion piece. You understand that two-parent families are not exclusively married families, or that it's disingenuous to posit that if a family isn't single parent, it must be a married family, right?
  - rbecker 6y ago
    Even the Brookings link cites a few studies, while the rest of this thread's posts offer nothing but hand-wringing and loaded questions. And you're right, the links aren't exclusively about marriage. So if "married" was erased from the original claim, you'd agree with it?

maerF0x0 6y ago

> their children will be more likely to grow up with two married parents Also the number of children to un weds and single moms have risen over time. So even if the remaining relationships are improving their odds, their representation across the pool (of children) is declining.