Not sure that is true. Nor am I sure what the effect is of Dad not making a living wage. I would be interested in any objective studies on the matter. However, isn't the increase in minimum wage more thing proposed and not something we've live the past four plus type ear with?
I also note this opinion:
But such dire predictions have never materialized. That's because they're bogus. In fact, raising the minimum wage is good for business and the overall economy. Why? Because when poor workers have more money to spend, they spend it, almost entirely in the local community, on basic necessities like housing, food, clothing and transportation. When consumer demand grows, businesses thrive, earn more profits, and create more jobs. Economists call this the "multiplier effect." According to Doug Hall of the Economic Policy Institute, a minimum wage hike to $9 would pump $21 billion into the economy.
Peter Dreier: Raising the Minimum Wage Is Good for Business (But the Corporate Lobby Doesn't Think So)
I'm interested on that thought as well.