Census bureau: Most kids live in two-parent homes

[DesertFox]

The American family may be under stress, but most children still live in two-parent households, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

Over all, 7 in 10 children live with two parents, about two-thirds live with two married parents, and about 6 in 10 live with both biological parents, according to the latest analysis, which is drawn from 2004 surveys.

In 1970, 85 percent of children were living with two parents and 11 percent with their mother only, proportions that shifted to a little more than 70 percent and slightly more than 20 percent, respectively, in 1990.

More (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/21census.html?pagewanted=print)

[PrezLeefun]

Well I'm one of those with one parent.

[DesertFox]

Not me. I'm an orphan.

[RogerFGay]

They're comparing whether or not there are two adults in the home, not whether the children live with both their own parents together. The government (and certainly the NY Times) are no longer willing to recognize the actual meaning of the word parent. Family break-down is so bad that politicians want to hide it because they share much of the blame.

So for the purpose of pretending everything is really ok - it no longer matters whether the second "parent" is an alternative "male role model" or even a same sex partner. As far as the federal government is concerned, marriage and family have been redefined.