Wednesday, March 27, 2013
"Single mothers have 48% of first births"
On the Washington Times website, Cheryl Wetzstein shares some thoughts:
"Some 48 percent of first births in America are now to unmarried women. This means 'the nation is at a tipping point, on the verge of moving into a new demographic reality, where the majority of first births in the United States precede marriage,' said the study, “Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America,” released by several organizations including the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. This emerging trend is alarming, as social scientists have long linked unwed childbearing with poverty, family instability, school failure, substance abuse and mental-health problems."
