Read paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 from the passage.
What is the author's main idea in this excerpt?
The collapse of marriage is the primary cause of child poverty in the United States.
Focusing on the collapse of marriage takes attention away from a more important focus of providing quality education to children.
Focusing on marriage to alleviate poverty is an indirect way to comment on the morality of poor parents.
Government solutions to poverty, such as creating jobs and improving education, are not as effective as promoting marriage