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by David French August 9, 2016 4:35 PM @DavidAFrench The devastating decline of the nuclear family requires cultural change first and foremost. My new favorite podcast is Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell’s weekly look back at stories that have been “misunderstood” or “overlooked.” Anyone who follows Gladwell’s work knows that he’s no fan of elite higher education — or, more precisely, of how elite higher education accumulates and hoards vast amounts of wealth without doing anything truly meaningful to give the poor and the less-privileged an opportunity at a better life. His entire series on the issue was fascinating, but one episode stood out. Called “Carlos Doesn’t Remember,” it focuses on the extraordinary challenges facing one talented kid, and the heroic efforts underway to lift him out of poverty through the power of elite education. It’s a dramatic story, centered around a remarkable young man who’s doing his best to be a good son, a good brother, and a good student as he shuffles through foster homes and deals with traumas that could break the most stable adults. ....In listening to Carlos describe his life — and to Eisner describe all the ways that YES intervened to help — I was struck by two things: First, that men such as Eisner and his team are simply irreplaceable American assets, transforming lives in the best way; second, that there are simply not enough men like Eisner in the world to truly ameliorate the consequences of shattered families, because there are wounds that neither philanthropy nor public policy can heal.Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438813/americas-broken-families-cultural-problem?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Trending%20Email%20Reoccurring-%20Monday%20to%20Thursday%202016-08-09&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives
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Topic: The Wounds Public Policy Can’t Heal (Read 773 times)
