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A Trump proposal would punish single parents. Other wealthy countries have a different approach

Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden offer extra support to solo-parent households. In its latest pronatalist push, the Trump administration aims to shift funds away from them When news broke that the Trump administration planned to pay married couples to have one parent stay home with their kids , everyone from policy wonks to Redditors bemoaned what they saw as a new front in the mommy wars.

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