Tag: poverty
Census Data on Unmarried Births Excludes Fathers
A child born outside of marriage isn’t automatically a child born outside of fatherhood. A mother giving birth while unmarried doesn’t mean the father is absent, unwilling, irresponsible, or irrelevant. It simply means the parents weren’t married at the time of birth.
A child isn’t fatherless when the parents are unmarried. A child isn’t fatherless when the father lives in another home. A child isn’t fatherless when the parents are no longer romantically connected. Father absence is real, the pain of abandonment is real, and the consequences of disengagement are real. However, we can’t keep confusing living arrangements with love, legal status with commitment, or marital status with fatherhood.
A Passport Policy Won’t Fix Child Support’s Poverty Problem
The question isn’t whether child support should be paid. It should.
The better question is whether our policies are designed to produce payment, presence, and child well-being or debt, disconnection, and punishment.
This isn’t an argument against child support. It is an argument for a smarter child support system.
Atlanta Father is 4 Days from Completing Walk to Washington DC for Homeless
ATLANTA, GA- Terence Lester and his wife Cecilia is no stranger for the cause of the homeless. In 2013 they founded Love Beyond Walls. The agency is focused […]
Is Marriage a solution to poverty?
Fatherhood pioneer Dr. Ron Mincy talks about marriage. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/articles/2016-01-07/conservatives-and-liberals-agree-that-marriage-matters-in-fighting-poverty