"...Stable family formation only works when young men in a community have the employment opportunities and direction to become responsible earners to which women will be attracted into longer term commitments..."
Exactly backwards. Stable families are formed by a Man and a Woman who make staying together with their children their top priority regardless of their individual histories or cultural disfunctions. Groups that have moved out of poverty had intact families before, not after, opportunities (which they took advantage of) presented themselves
"...Stable family formation only works when young men in a community have the employment opportunities and direction to become responsible earners to which women will be attracted into longer term commitments..."
Exactly backwards. Stable families are formed by a Man and a Woman who make staying together with their children their top priority regardless of their individual histories or cultural disfunctions. Groups that have moved out of poverty had intact families before, not after, opportunities (which they took advantage of) presented themselves