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Will British politicians pay attention to the effects of how having only one parent around risks disastrous consequences for children?  Iain Duncan Smith, former leader of the U.K. Conservatives, is still a parliamentarian but now has a passion and a project that is non-partisan: the restoration of civil society, including and critically — poverty reduction efforts that begin with a fresh look at how people become poor. Using British statistics, Smith says “some very, very simple facts that are irrefutable”: Compared to one’s peer group, a child in a home that is other than a two-parent family is 75 per cent more likely to fail at school, 70 per cent more likely to be a drug addict, 50 per cent more likely to have alcohol problems, 40 per cent more likely to have debt problems, and 35 per cent more likely to experience unemployment or welfare dependency. (Read full article)

Will British politicians pay attention to the effects of how having only one parent around risks disastrous consequences for children? 

Iain Duncan Smith, former leader of the U.K. Conservatives, is still a parliamentarian but now has a passion and a project that is non-partisan: the restoration of civil society, including and critically — poverty reduction efforts that begin with a fresh look at how people become poor. Using British statistics, Smith says “some very, very simple facts that are irrefutable”: Compared to one’s peer group, a child in a home that is other than a two-parent family is 75 per cent more likely to fail at school, 70 per cent more likely to be a drug addict, 50 per cent more likely to have alcohol problems, 40 per cent more likely to have debt problems, and 35 per cent more likely to experience unemployment or welfare dependency. (Read full article)