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Households. how do we lift people out of poverty, not how to get them married. >> the thing that struck me, i feel when we talk single parent families, its almost the blame of the mom. its the shame game. you cant have a husband or something. the real thing we should do is how are we going lift you up so you have the job you need, the child care you need so you as a single parent, you and your child can succeed. its a really tough thing about sacrificing a father in a different kind of way than ...

Of fatherhood. its interesting because my research suggests even among those men who tend to maintain the expectations firefighter themselves still must find a way to kind of reconstruct their notions of fatherhood often without a good script for doing so. >> i wanted to ask you a little bit about exactly that question because i think part of how people respond to president obama is as a great dad. he seems to enjoy children and others, hes a baby whisperer. we have all kind of great photographs...

>> for everybody. rates of children growing up in single parent households are through the charts in white america. >> yeah. >> theres no way that he can articulate a politics of responsibility just for blacks and somehow say that hes doing this as a president of all the united states. >> i guess part of what i say, he did not racialize. hes standing in a racialized space. there is, on the one hand a critique of president obama. i guess its less interesting to me than the critique that i experie...

I think people tend to see theres a -- they see a separation. what i want them to see is a togetherness. the same movements are happening whether its monks or others, non-violence, how the movements progressed. they say they have gone forward. we need to focus in on theres another way to do this tharks way is non-violent protest. thats an important piece especially in america. we think of protest as a violent component to it. that makes a difference. >> theres an interesting narrative that goes ...

Households as jared who drew his pistol on gabby giffords. its more complicated than just add dad. to the extent fatherlessness is the problem, theres little the president can or should do to create a solution. all of us watching that speech felt genuine empathy for the very human moment the president shared, on friday, about his own fatherlessness. while the president does have a powerful bully pulpit, president obama cannot make men marry the mother of their children. he doesnt have the power ...

Skills dont happen. you are reading faster, the comprehension. all the problems im reading about, hopefully they can work on those earlier. >> is it right? does pre-k set social skills like reading and math? >> absolutely. a good preschool program you learn to think before you act. is an important skill for staying out of jail. its an important skill in school. its important in the job market. to learn how to get along with other people. to solve a problem. both of us want to play with a truck. ...