I keep hearing republicans blame the destruction of the American family for everything from violence to poverty not even knowing the irony that they are mostly responsible for the demise of the family unit. Before Reagan and the republican war on the middle class and unions a family could live a good life with a single income household. My father worked in a powdered metal factory and we weren't rich but didn't go hungry and could jump in the car and take a family vacation once a year but by the mid 1980's that all changed. You could no longer support a family with one income, as unions died so did good paying jobs and benefits. The days of one parent working while the other stayed home with the children helping them with homework and spending time with them was going the way of dinosaurs.
With the cost of everything rising and wages staying the same by the mid 1980's both parents had to work just to keep up with the standard of living that many were accustomed to just years before. Latchkey kids became common place and parents couldn't spend as much time with their children anymore to make sure they did their school work or help them if they needed it. Education standards started to drop as did Americas ranking in the world in math and science. Many families had to adjust or fall into severe debt and poverty helping lead to a huge spike in the divorce rate between 1980 and 1990. With divorce increasing there are now more single parent homes, thanks to low wages many single parents no had to work 2 or 3 jobs just to make ends meet and feed their children.
How do republicans to this day help these single parents? By cutting any benefits and assistance they receive because in republican eyes the only people who need some help in their life are lazy deadbeats who don't want to work. In the last 10 years to support the corporate welfare and beloved military spending (more corporate welfare) that they hand out like candy republicans have cut
education
children health care
pensions (but not their own benefits)
food stamps
Medicaid
meals on wheels
child school lunches
Police and Firefighters
Infrastructure spending
Job training programs
veteran health benefits
active military anti poverty measures
If you want to blame the demise of the American family for all the failing with America fine but own up to your role in it and stop punishing parents for wanting to help their children.
When the comment was made that Mitt Romney's wife never worked a day in her life Fox news and republican jumped on that saying she was a mother and that's a full time job. So if you're rich and entitled being a mother is a job but if you're poor and need a little help feeding or getting your child medical care you're a deadbeat who needs to have your benefits cut so you can get a 3rd job and learn the "dignity of work".