I read a very interesting article in this past week's TIME MAGAZINE about the "decline of marriage." One of the alarming things that is a result of that is the HUGE percentage of children being born to one parent. HOW do they do it? We can't imagine the challenge of being a single parent.
Some men and women shouldn't be parents- we see them on the Metro all the time, but that makes it really hard on the one parent. Here's the TIME Magazine Article: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2031955,00.html
For the full Pew Report (the source of the research: http://pewsocialtrends.org/2010/11/18/the-decline-of-marriage-and-rise-of-new-families/
•The Impact on Children. The share of births to unmarried women has risen dramatically over the past half century, from 5% in 1960 to 41% in 2008. There are notable differences by race: Among black women giving birth in 2008, 72% were unmarried. This compares with 53% of Hispanic women giving birth and 29% of white women. Overall, the share of children raised by a single parent is not as high as the share born to an unwed mother, but it too has risen sharply — to 25% in 2008, up from 9% in 1960. The public believes children of single parents face more challenges than other children — 38% say “a lot more” challenges and another 40% say “a few more” challenges. Survey respondents see even more challenges for children of gay and lesbian couples (51% say they face a lot more challenges) and children of divorce (42% say they face a lot more challenges).
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