Almost Half of U.S. Births Happen Outside Marriage, Signaling Cultural Shift

Ok so? How many of these children end up with a good father figure when the woman marries? You think all these children live in a single parent household their entire lives?

 

“The share of U.S. children living with an unmarried parent has more than doubled since 1968, jumping from 13% to 32% in 2017. That trend has been accompanied by a drop in the share of children living with two married parents, down from 85% in 1968 to 65%” - pewresearch.org

“research shows that children in single-parent households score below children in two-parent households, on average, on measures of educational achievement (Amato, 2005; Brown, 2010; McLanahan and Sandefur, 1994). The combination of these two observations suggests that the rise in single parenthood has lowered (or slowed improvements in) the educational achievement of children in the United States.” - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508674/#!po=3.10345

 

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/tables/dt17_326.10.asp

 

I don’t know because a father figure means different things to different people but step father

“Past statistics have shown that in the U.S. 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second, and 73% of third marriages end in divorce” - psychology today

I’m sure there is a study that says multiple parental figures aren’t good for children either

 

Uh, since we know the statistics, anyone can find them , I don't see how you could think people are turning a blind eye towards them.....all those issues are being addressed.

Are you actively campaigning against drug use and teen pregnancy?

People shape the culture.

A 180? Back to what? Some Utopia you erroneously think existed before ?

The taxpayers and the courts won't view it as fair … ( and that is ALL I will say on tat topic)

 

So what I linked wasn’t factual?

 

Yup, poor kids don't do as well as rich kids..

What is your solution?

 

Was what I linked factual?

 

How are we addressing it then? Why is are stats increasing?

People with the loudest voices shape culture... ie media

When people stayed married there is no such thing as a utopia

How’s that? Women can choose to walk away from the responsibilities of children why can’t men?

 

If you would be so kind to summarize it I would be much obliged

 

My gawd! Not everyone is as easily influenced by "media" as you seem to be....there are people quite capable of thinking for themselves...we are not ALL lemmings

Did you mean that to be so hilariously funny!!??

What!? Women can't walk away from their children....WTF are you talking about ?

 

Really?

What planet are you on where students are not going nuts and murdering a dozen people?

Or cutting their penis or breasts off so they can pretend to be the other sex?

 

Again the only solution is a cultural change and the people needed for that ain’t interested. As the world stands today I’d advocate young men not marry or have children if possible.

 

Again I am sorry your life is not going well. Mine gets better and better

 

Sure. College graduation rates between 1996 and 2010 (the latest I have) are generally up in almost all categories

 

Abortion isn’t walking away from their children?????? Those are question mark btw

the people who have the most ears have the most influence in society.

Those people don’t care so why should I ? I’m just pointing out the statically verifiable facts that go with divorce and single parent households. people are free to do what they want

 

Interesting appreciate I guess my question would be have college standards changed any in that timeframe.

 

Its certainly possible. But I have no information regarding that

 

I’m not trying to be rude I just feel like it’s in children’s best interest to have as few traumatic events during development as possible and children are our future the better the children grow up the better our society is.

 

Flippity bippity!

 

Your not being rude at all. I get your point and I think it has merit. I want kids to have stable two parent homes as well. The trick is how to go about it while protecting rights at the same time

 

Yes, as I said , people change the culture.

So your solution to not having single parent households is to tell men not to marry? What!

 

Uh, no, that's not having children. If a woman aborts there is no "children" to walk away from.

You learned!! Yeah!

Not over everyone...

What people?

My sister's husband died quite young and she raised two successful, college educated people with families...all on her own.

So to denigrate everyone who is a single parent is quite ...er…"naïve".

 

Max, what I did here in CA for homosexuals was to vote to bring them legally into civil unions. The way the law was written, they got what married people got. I do not see why Democrats want to lump in homosexuals with heterosexals. As to abortion, I favor saving the life of children and debunking the notion a not yet born is not worthy of being born.