Real, intact families are the basic building blocks of society. Destroy that and the rest collapses. That has been largely destroyed. Even in families that are together. Children often rule the roost and few men dare exert any authority, accept responsibility.
Liberals complain about how income mobility has stopped, poverty has become intergenerational.
The surest way to guarantee the kids will be in poverty is to never marry the father, especially if you end up with different kids by different parents. And women with a high school diploma or less have 50% and higher illegitimacy rates.
The breakdown of the family for those who aren’t college educated / elite is why poverty has become permanent.