Monday, September 26, 2005

Single Moms and the Link to Violence

John Leo on studies released by Institute for Marriage and Public Policy last week, that find, among other things, that adolescents in single-parent families are more likely to be involved in violent crime and gangs.

You'd think this information would just be obvious, common-sense stuff to people. And it is for some of us. The troubling question is, how do we change the inner city culture that deems it acceptable, even desirable to make babies without marriage or cohabitating? Bill Cosby can't do it alone. What will happen if it doesn't change?

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