Life in these families can be more stressful and difficult, with women balancing the tensions of working and parenting. The unwed mother with children contributes, of course, to the intergenerational nature of the poverty, crime and social alienation within America's underclass. What's more, the numbers don't tell the full story. Children and families have enormous resiliency. They can overcome obstacles.
Success stories abound.
Her story mirrors the determination of millions of Americans - women and men. Not a perfect situation, clearly. The men will face the same tense balancing act single women do. But many of them will succeed, and in the course of doing so shatter the stereotype of irresponsible men who abandon their children. The census won't report that either.