to support all families? the reality is, there are about 8 million grandparents in this country today who are raising or helping with their grandchildren, under the age of 18. we have about 26% of families being led by single mothers who are raising children. do we have policies to support our families? tucker: let me ask you a question.ou ist that good or bad? if a quarter of all families are led by single mothers, a policymaker would say that is a disaster, they beginning of the end of our does society, higher imprisonment rates, lower graduation rates, more malnutrition in poverty. when you see that number doesn t make make you sad or does is i? we don t look at how the reality of how families are composed it. he 64% of mothers areou breadwinners. about 42% are the sole or primary. yet we don t have policies in place like paid family medical leave or adequate child care. howad are we really talking abot