TIME MAGAZINE — July 13 — In the past 40 years, the face of the American family has changed profoundly. With frequent marriage, frequent divorce and the high number of "short-term co-habiting relationships, there are more partners in the personal lives of Americans than in the lives of people of any other Western country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in May that births to unmarried women have reached 39.7%. Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off on average than children who grow up in a household with both of their biological parents, regardless of the parents' race or educational background according to Sara McLanahan, a Princeton sociologist.
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Mark Brooks: Your comments please.
Wow, I am surprised that a liberal mag like TIME is being so non-PC with statements like,
“on every single significant outcome related to short-term well-being and long-term success, children from intact, two-parent families outperform those from single-parent households.”
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“Few things hamper a child as much as not having a father at home.”
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“Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent,” she found, “are worse off, on average, than children who grow up in a household with both of their biological parents, regardless of the parents’ race or educational background.”
etc.
Those of us who knew this all along could have told you that, but, being conservative generally, we aren’t PC.
Good for TIME. We need more honest articles like this.
Wow, I am surprised that a liberal mag like TIME is being so non-PC with statements like,
“on every single significant outcome related to short-term well-being and long-term success, children from intact, two-parent families outperform those from single-parent households.”
&
“Few things hamper a child as much as not having a father at home.”
&
“Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent,” she found, “are worse off, on average, than children who grow up in a household with both of their biological parents, regardless of the parents’ race or educational background.”
etc.
Those of us who knew this all along could have told you that, but, being conservative generally, we aren’t PC.
Good for TIME. We need more honest articles like this.
What about if a child is raised by the grandparent living with the mom. I think with divorced parents, its important to maintain a sense of community instead of the individual struggling by herself.
What about if a child is raised by the grandparent living with the mom. I think with divorced parents, its important to maintain a sense of community instead of the individual struggling by herself.
I helped almost 100,000 single people meet and marry through Great Expectations. To think that we didn’t suggest any pre-marital advice to them, scares me.
— Jeff Ullman, founder of modern electronic dating, Great Expectations Video Dating, 1975-1995
I helped almost 100,000 single people meet and marry through Great Expectations. To think that we didn’t suggest any pre-marital advice to them, scares me.
— Jeff Ullman, founder of modern electronic dating, Great Expectations Video Dating, 1975-1995