September 21, 2011 7:42 P.M. By Heather Mac Donald The cardinal rule for writing about child poverty if you are in the mainstream media is this: Never, ever mention single parenthood.
I guess Heather Mac Donald hasn't checked Google News for the words "single parent" in the last month. There are more the 1,300 references to "single parent" in the media that Google indexes. Here's the list:
It may seem like a minor thing, but if she's wrong on that first point in the article, what else is she wrong about?
Did you read it? Ether way, you have totally missed the point. From the link, bold mine.
"Of course, any MSM article about child poverty will foreground single mothers in its anecdotes section, but their all-important status as single parents will not be noted. The Times quotes a 27-year-old divorced mother of two in Atlanta and a 22-year-old mother of three in Atlanta, the latter of whom opines: “It’s just a hard time to be a parent.” In fact, it’s always a hard time to be a young, single parent. The inevitable crises of child-rearing can be far more catastrophic without the support system that a second parent provides."
