{"id":5016,"date":"2011-01-13T09:25:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T13:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2017-10-04T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T19:11:12","slug":"blog-in-the-daily-caller-lisa-fritsch-of-project-21-discusses-the-dissolving-american-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2011\/01\/13\/blog-in-the-daily-caller-lisa-fritsch-of-project-21-discusses-the-dissolving-american-family\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Daily Caller: Lisa Fritsch of Project 21 Discusses the Dissolving American Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5017 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P21LisaFristch-2-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"P21LisaFristch\" width=\"116\" height=\"168\" \/>Project 21 member Lisa Fritsch\u2019s newest <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/P21NewVisions.html\">New Visions commentary<\/a>\u00a0was recently posted to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycaller.com\">Daily Caller<\/a> web site.<\/p>\n<p>Titled <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/01\/13\/d-c-is-a-sign-of-our-nations-times\/#ixzz1Aw5wDx6G\">\u201cD.C. is a Sign of Our Nation\u2019s Times,\u201d<\/a> Lisa talks about shocking new data that shows that a large majority of households in the poorest neighborhoods of our nation\u2019s capital are headed by just a single parent \u2014\u00a0usually female.\u00a0 While this bodes ill, for D.C., it highlights an unfortunate trend plaguing all of America.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa suggests that the new conservative majority in the House take advantage of its unique power to try to reverse D.C.\u2019s downward spiral.\u00a0 She writes:<\/p>\n<p>According to government data, 74 percent of households east of the Anacostia River \u2014 among the poorest in Washington \u2014 have only one parent.\u00a0 Only nine percent of those are headed by men.\u00a0 In similar neighborhoods in the rest of southeast D.C. and in northeast D.C., single-parent households are the norm\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Will the two-parent family someday be an abnormality in America?\u00a0 Will the term \u201cfamily\u201d itself become a relic like Westerns and black-and-white television?\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The new chairman of the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia inherits enormous crisis and potential.\u00a0 The profound power Congress wields over D.C. affairs gives it an opportunity to address the disintegrating American family through the introduction of programs that promote active roles for fathers and assistance programs that nurture togetherness rather than reward dissolution and disparity.<\/p>\n<p>Let D.C. transform from the epitome of the problem to the example of how to fix the American family.<\/p>\n<p>To read the entire commentary, click <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/01\/13\/d-c-is-a-sign-of-our-nations-times\/#ixzz1Aw5wDx6G\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project 21 member Lisa Fritsch\u2019s newest New Visions commentary\u00a0was recently posted to the Daily Caller web site. 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