Key to Upward Mobility: Intact, Two-Parent Homes

The Life and Liberty Minute

The Life and Liberty Minute features Bryan Fischer, the host of “Focal Point” on American Family Radio. It’s a laser-like 60 second focus on an issue of the day, using the Word of God and the Constitution to analyze and explain.

8/21/19

Key to Upward Mobility: Intact, Two-Parent Homes

Transcript:

Bryan Fischer here with today’s Life and Liberty Minute. I’ve written the Boy To Man Book for fathers to help mentor their 12-year-old sons toward successful adulthood. So what’s the secret to upward mobility? Why is it limited in some places but not in others? A noted Stanford social scientist looked at neighborhoods all across America and found that high-opportunity places are characterized one trait above all others. The strongest correlation between neighborhoods that spawned upward mobility was found in the number of intact families. And he noted that upward mobility was strongly correlated with two parent families in the neighborhood, not necessarily in each home. In other words, intact-two parent families create an environment in which neighborhood children can succeed and prosper even if they have only one parent in the home. That’s called being salt and light.