Commentary
Usually when Americans chant about how we’re “number 1,” it’s to brag to the rest of the world about our national accomplishment. But there’s one area we’re leading the world in that we shouldn’t be celebrating: single-parent households.
According to the Pew Research Center, out of 130 countries and territories, the United States has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households: “Almost a quarter of U.S. children under the age of 18 live with one parent and no other adults (23%), more than three times the share of children around the world who do so (7%).”…