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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I personally think this is a prime example of the phrase "correlation does not necessarily imply causation" to be honest. It could be that "having both parents around" helps to stop kids going off the rails. But it could just as likely be down to the fact that factors that lead to single-parent families (I.e. Single girls getting pregnant when not in a relationship, or relationship breakdown) are the same factors that lead to juvenile crime and violence.
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They equate to the same thing, and that is children raised by the aforementioned single girls don't end up as well as children with two parents.