Ebony's Pearls

The New Patio Fence
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Kids in poverty have less parent time.

And to whom is this a surprise? I noticed that nowhere in the article did it address why parents who live in poverty spend less time with their children. Instead, it seems to draw the conclusion that poor parents care less about doing things like reading to their children, talking to them, or eating meals with them. The reality is that poor parents have less time to do these things because they work for lower wages, and so have to work longer hours or more than one job to be able to provide their children with food, clothes, and a roof over their heads.

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I don't want to hear any more talk about "family values" if that talk doesn't include living wages, decent, affordable housing, tax-free food, and an adjusted tax base so there are fewer loopholes for the upper income quarter of Americans and less burden on the lower income half of Americans.