Keeping families together would ease state struggles

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: July 5, 2009

A T the root of many of the problems facing Oklahoma is the fragmentation of the family.

Perhaps it sounds old-fashioned, but it’s true: The problems brought on by poverty, drug addictions and child abuse, to name just a few, would be far fewer if there were more nuclear families in our state.

That’s why we applaud approval of a study in the state House of Representatives on the issue of family fr...


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