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...unless she asked for it, they'd be cut off. To reapply, she has to navigate a complex and intrusive process. She must go to an interview, fill out as many as 19 forms, reveal family assets and document everything from children's births to job histories of adult household members. Once approved, Ray's mother will have to return to the state office every six months to update her children's eligibility...
...Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released its numbers on income and poverty for 1999, which showed a median household income of $40,816 and an 11.8 percent poverty rate--the lowest numbers since before the recession of the early 1990s. Good figures, and important affirmation of the strong economy's ability to reach deep into the American landscape, but, for 33 million people, still not enough to lift them out of poverty...
...book, Wallerstein argues that children don't care if their parents are happy--they just want the stability of a two-parent household, without which they would later flail through adulthood and have a hard time forming good relationships. This conclusion, like her other gloomy generalizations ("Parenting erodes almost inevitably at the breakup and does not get restored for years, if ever"), is based on a small, nonrepresentative sample of families who were going through divorce in l971 in affluent Marin County, Calif. Wallerstein looks for evidence that divorce harms kids, and of course she finds it--now well into...
Kids need to be involved in the workings of the household; they should be expected to keep their room clean, clear the plates from the table and help with the laundry. Outdoor labor is more physically challenging and often involves potentially dangerous tools. But for older kids, mastering these chores can boost competence and confidence. Unfortunately, putting a kid to work outside can be an unpleasant experience for parents...
...trends of the past few years are indicative, not much. Today, the top 1 percent of Americans control 38 percent of the household wealth, and the top 20 percent control 83 percent - figures that have both increased in the past decade. And you can bet that those groups look more like Salt Lake City than Los Angeles. White is disproportionately the color of Congress, the Supreme Court and, most important, the corporate boardroom. The 29 percent of assembled minorities are, in broad strokes, the lower classes - earning less, going to prison more...