- Most of the families will have experienced a divorce.
- Most adult females will be single.
- One in five of the children and nearly ten percent of the families will be in poverty.
- Nearly a quarter of the babies will be born to mothers who have less than 12 years education.
- A quarter of the children will live in a household with only one parent.
- More than ten percent of the children will live in homes where neither parent is in the labor force.
- Of the teens there who have had a baby, nearly a quarter will have another.
- They will be diverse.
- Many will be uninsured.
- More than 30% will not have graduated from high school.
My point? It's easy to have "Family Day" but much harder to actually make a commitment to improving quality of life for families. I'm tired of the fluff and ready for some substance.
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Where is Jane Addams when we need her? Maybe it's time for a return to projects like the Hull House for which Addams won the Nobel peace prize.http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/addams
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