Sunday, December 03, 2006
Dan Quayle was right ... pass it on
"Looking for a silver lining in a country where about 37% of children are born outside marriage, some commentators have chosen to speculate that many of today's single moms are in fact hip, prosperous women, perhaps in their 30s or older, who have decided that they don't need a husband to fulfill their dreams. We've even seen the suggestion that the unwed trend reflects America's evolution as a more tolerant, diverse country when it comes to "lifestyle choices," reports the Wall Street Journal.
"Yet experts who have looked closely at the phenomenon have hardly anything positive to say. Past research indicates that the bulk of unwed births are to young women, typically in their 20s, who are not college-educated and are not prospering. There's also a mountain of evidence to suggest that children raised by such single mothers are at an increased risk for virtually every social problem you can think of -- poverty, crime, drug use, etc. -- including single parenthood." [emphasis mine]
"Yet experts who have looked closely at the phenomenon have hardly anything positive to say. Past research indicates that the bulk of unwed births are to young women, typically in their 20s, who are not college-educated and are not prospering. There's also a mountain of evidence to suggest that children raised by such single mothers are at an increased risk for virtually every social problem you can think of -- poverty, crime, drug use, etc. -- including single parenthood." [emphasis mine]
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Sunday, December 03, 2006 
