Literally the 1970s [1]. I'll add that there are family organizations beyond the typical nuclear set-up as well. Wouldn't a single parent with supportive parents, siblings, and/or peers be just as good as a married couple that didn't have any of those supports?

I don't have an Atlantic account, so I can't comment on the whole article [2], but when I read anything like:

> Two-parent households should be a policy goal.

I start to get a little don't-tread-on-me-ish. I don't think having The Man deciding family structures is what the government is for.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_family#/media/File:Fam...

[2] If you're so eager to sell a policy idea why shoot yourself in the foot by putting it behind a login?