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