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So I was just reading the Economist, an article on poverty in the USA which was moderately interesting. Except for they seem to completely accept the false dichotomy that EITHER a child has two married parents OR they only have one parent in their lives. That's just bullshit. Lots of children have two parents who are unmarried but living together; or live with a parent and a step-parent or parent's partner. Some children have divorced parents who are both actively involved in their lives (both contributing to money, childcare needs, etc).

I see this stupid dichotomy too often.