The benefit of 'the two-parent privilege'
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with a single parent and no other adults. That’s the highest rate in the world. So, what does it mean for those children?
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| 0:22.0 | Now, on with today's show. |
| 0:25.1 | This is on point. |
| 0:26.1 | I'm Magna Chakrabardi. |
| 0:27.4 | I grew up at a single parent household |
| 0:29.2 | after my father committed suicide. |
| 0:31.6 | He was just 38 years old. At the time I was seven, my sister was |
| 0:35.9 | five and my brother was two. My mother was only 26 years old and left with three |
| 0:41.0 | children to care for. |
| 0:44.0 | This is Diana Duke, an on-point listener in Sandpoint, Idaho. |
| 0:48.6 | Three years after her father's death, Diana's mother went to work full-time to provide for her children. |
| 0:54.0 | Diana took care of her younger siblings. |
| 0:57.0 | It was hard, but she watched her mom and other friends who were single mothers |
| 1:02.0 | and Diana says that these women were her mom and other friends who were single mothers. |
| 1:02.8 | And Diana says that these women were role models who showed her she's capable of pursuing |
| 1:07.6 | whatever she wants. |
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