86% of Americans believe that children should have the benefit of growing up with both parents present, and 64% of Americans believe that a child being raised by a single parent is a serious problem. The steady rise in single parent households contradicts more than half of the American population. Years ago it was considered unacceptable to have a child out of wedlock, and divorce was nearly unheard of. Today, however, there are 9.5 million one-parent families as opposed to the mere 1.5 million in 1950. The number of one-parent families has increased by 137% since
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