Poverty is growing, so what happened?

When I learned that single motherhood was the lowest rung of the prosperity ladder 40 years ago, I asked myself, "Why would I choose that?"

Is that still the problem today? Where are the fathers? Where are the husbands? Must fathers live apart from mothers and children so that the government at all levels can give them money? Is it working? Are Baltimore, Maryland, and the federal government proving themselves good parents? Can we reverse this? Are kids so accustomed to having government buy food and shelter that they only have to pay for iPhones?

When I was a kid, our families were the immigrants. We were Sicilians. Not even the Italians like the Sicilians. We took pride in our neighborhoods and families. It was supposed to get better. What happened?

Dolores Orlando, Towson