Data Says Kids Better Off with Mom and Dad

Agape Press ^ | 1 Jul 04 | AFA Journal

[xzins]

Data Says Kids Better Off with Mom and Dad

By AFA Journal
July 1, 2004

(AgapePress) - An examination of the latest data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that, from a purely economic standpoint, children do better if they are living with both their mother and father.

“The householders in married-couple families had higher proportions in the labor force, they owned their own home, and they were not living in poverty -- all good signs for the children living in these families,” said Terry Lugaila, a statistician with the Census Bureau.

The study, titled “Children and the Households They Live In: 2000” [PDF], states that “children living in married-couple families had the lowest poverty rates,” far less than the children living in homes headed only by a father or only by a mother.

“Children in mother-only family groups were almost five times as likely to be in poverty as those in married-couple family groups [39 percent and 8 percent, respectively],” the Census Bureau report stated.

According to the study, one-third of the children in the nation's capital live in poverty. States with the highest proportions were Mississippi and Louisiana (27 percent each); New Hampshire had the lowest (9 percent). On a regional basis, the Midwest had the lowest proportion of children in poverty (14 percent), while the South had the highest (20 percent). The national average was 18 percent.

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This article appeared in the July 2004 issue of AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association.

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[xzins]

Most would say, "common sense" or "well...duh..."

[Kaslin]

They had to make a study of that?

[mad_as_he$$]

Beat me to it!

[xzins]

When you consider that out-of-wedlock pregnancy is as high as 75% in some segments of our society, it makes sense to drive the point home.

But....in agreement with you....see my post #2

[Delta 21]

So exactly what is the definition of "marriage" again?

This article is slanted to only express an extreem hetrosexual point of view and doesnt take in to consideration that a far more majority of same sex partners are more well of than their traditional male-female .......................

I'll go blow my brains out now.

Thanks

[smonk]

. . . . and in a related story, "Data indicates that
pregnancy is frequently followed by child birth."

[Cicero]

The liberal intellectuals, Hollywood, and the media have been denying this truth for the past 40 years, so maybe it does need to be stressed.

It's interesting that this is posted at Agape Press, which is pro-life and pro-family. I doubt you'll see it in the New York Times.

[justice14]

hello, MASS!!! are you listening! (probably not)

[dirtbiker]

File this article under "W" for "WELL-DUH".....

[SpaceBar]

And people scoff at Star Trek The Next Generation.

[Lx]

But havn't they been shoving the:
mom+mom
dad+dad
mom+mom+dad+son
gerbil+dad
Rosie+mom+Ellen
Michael Jackson+womb donor

combination as being just as good or even better than what %99.99999999999 of the people think is really good for kids?

[xzins]

I believe that is the point and the great strength of the article.

Dad & Mom, bond to their own flesh and blood, is the best situation for any kid.

Not "Heather has 2 mommies" NOR "Murphy Brown does it alone" NOR "State child programs"

We'd think it should be obvious, but..........

[T'wit]

They also do better in school, better in life, better in their personal relationships, better in employment. They are less prone to drugs, street life, both mental and physical illness, gangs, crime, suicide and {gasp} homosexuality.

None of this counts for two cents to liberal reformers out to tear down marriage and the nuclear family.

[nothingnew]

Dr. Obvious strikes again.

FMCDH(BITS)

[SandRat]

Now that's an over statement of the obvious --- to US in FR but not the bath house bunch.

[Colofornian]

Dad & Mom, bond to their own flesh and blood, is the best situation for any kid. Not "Heather has 2 mommies" NOR "Murphy Brown does it alone" NOR "State child programs" We'd think it should be obvious, but..........

Don't forget, "It takes a village..."

[taxesareforever]

Really now, who is this news too? Maybe that is the reason we have a satellite checking out Saturn to find people who this would be news to.

[CindyDawg]

Does it always have to be about money? There are intact families that struggle financially but do ok and there are single or same sex couples who do well material wise. The kids need loving, responsible, moms and dads to learn how to grow up to be moms and dads. Each parent has a role.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

How much did taxpayers have to pay to produce this bit of brilliance?

PS: I can't wait to see the Newsweek results of the same poll after having weighted 90% of the family fathers as axe murderers.