No doubt education, hard work and grit are also at work here, but the facility of two incomes, two people to split housework and childcare duties are an enormous boon. Statistically, two parent married families who have children after high school are almost never below the poverty line.
I offer that as descriptive and not proscriptive - I don’t know the solution. But I know two parents in a stable household make it much easier.
It’s as basic as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Food, shelter and Safety are foundational. Everything else comes with they. The poorest neighborhoods in the US are like war zones. Once they have safety and middle class jobs, things like 2 parent households will flourish.
No doubt education, hard work and grit are also at work here, but the facility of two incomes, two people to split housework and childcare duties are an enormous boon. Statistically, two parent married families who have children after high school are almost never below the poverty line.
I offer that as descriptive and not proscriptive - I don’t know the solution. But I know two parents in a stable household make it much easier.