New Child Trends Brief on Unwed Childbearing
January 7, 2012 at 9:00 am
Elizabeth Marquardt writes at FamilyScholars:
Having children outside of marriage–nonmarital childbearing–is increasingly common in the United States. A new Research Brief, Childbearing Outside of Marriage: Estimates and Trends in the United States [PDF], describes how the population of women bearing children outside of marriage has changed, often in ways that challenge public perceptions. Nonmarital childbearing remains a significant public concern as it is linked to negative outcomes for women and their children across a range of measures, as well as with a reliance on public assistance.
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I want to know how does one blockquote in this comenting system>
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As out-of-wedlock births become more common, even becoming the norm, negative outcomes are likely to recede. Our institutions will change to accommodate the new reality, as they always do.
"As out-of-wedlock births become more common, even becoming the norm, negative outcomes are likely to recede. Our institutions will change to accommodate the new reality, as they always do."
Like the revival of traditional family values and the repeal of no fault divorce and SS"M." That's the best way to cause the reductions of these negative outcomes.
Except that there has been no repeal of no fault divorce or revival of "traditional" values - the people who have never veered from that path have just taken a leaf out of Westboro's book and become more vocal about those beliefs. Just because you scream louder than others, it doesn't increase your numbers.
Give it time, Christy. As the negative consequences of redefining marriage and no fault divorce laws become more and more apparent, it will be clear why we had those values in the first place.
November 2012 can't come fast enough.
Was Maggie married when she had her children?
Should unwed parents feel ashamed of themselves if they have a baby?
Unwed people shouldn't be having sex, and if they have a baby they should be devoted enough to their relationship and family that the 'un' part of wed is removed ASAP. If you're not devoted enough to consider marrying him/her, don't have sex with him/her.
Single parents should NEVER be the norm!!!!!! God created a father AND a MOTHER!!!! we are not like animals who mate and then go their separate ways...each parent gives lasting lessons to the children!!!!!!!!!
Marriage continues to be the only human pairing which ensures responsible procreation, giving children the strongest emotional, physical, and legal ties to both their mother and father, and the strongest legal ties between the two procreators.
If we value responsibility in procreation from both a man and a woman, what other public union in existence can do a better job of ensuring it than marriage between a man and a woman?