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September 21, 2025

Do Kids Cause Poverty? The Real Culprit Is Policy, Not Parenthood

Children do not push families into poverty; low and unstable wages meeting fixed costs for childcare, housing, and health care do, filtered through policy choices that either cushion families or let them fall.

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