Biden’s ‘Gender-Neutral’ Family Policy

The Biden administration has proposed replacing gender-specific terms such as “mother” and “father” with the gender-neutral term “parent” for the purposes of child-support laws. According to the Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), the change will make its work “inclusive of all family structures” and recognize “developments in State laws regarding parentage establishment.” Really, the administration is doubling down on its ideological commitment to undermining the sex-based realities and responsibilities of family life.

The Biden administration’s OCSS, Administration for Children and Families, and Department of Health and Human Services argue that the millions of families served by the child-support-services program are “becoming increasingly diverse” and “varied” in their family structures. Compared with previous generations, this is true. The percentage of children who live with their mothers only has doubled since 1968. According to 2019 data from Pew, the U.S. now has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households.

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Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

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The Biden administration has proposed replacing gender-specific terms such as “mother” and “father” with the gender-neutral term “parent” for the purposes of child-support laws. According to the Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), the change will make its work “inclusive of all family structures” and recognize “developments in State laws regarding parentage establishment.” Really, the administration is doubling down on its ideological commitment to undermining the sex-based realities and responsibilities of family life.

The Biden administration’s OCSS, Administration for Children and Families, and Department of Health and Human Services argue that the millions of families served by the child-support-services program are “becoming increasingly diverse” and “varied” in their family structures. Compared with previous generations, this is true. The percentage of children who live with their mothers only has doubled since 1968. According to 2019 data from Pew, the U.S. now has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households.