Re:In Defense of Amy Wax’s Defense of Bourgeois Values
by Veelox on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:07PM
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I think we agree, poverty traps need to be fixed.
I think there are a lot of reasons fathers aren't sticking around. I think a lot of those can be helped if there was less drug use and gang violence and more enfranchise on education, family planning, and marriage.
I think there are both structural (welfare, education, ect) and cultural changes that need to be made before all of those areas can be improved.
Poor policies that leave people in poverty traps (e.g. having a single mom find a job that pays barely above her welfare benefits shouldn't be stripping her of benefits, but a much more gradual sliding scale instead) should constantly be brought to light and fixed.
> It is bad for the kids to grow up without a father and it is bad for society to encourage it.
Absolutely, but to fix that we also have to look at why the fathers aren't sticking around, not only why single mothers aren't remarrying and/or getting out of poverty quicker.