{"id":199356,"date":"2019-12-17T07:48:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T07:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199356"},"modified":"2019-12-20T07:40:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T07:40:40","slug":"destruction-of-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199356","title":{"rendered":"Destruction Of The Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Has The Highest Rate Of Children Living With A Single Parent In The Entire World<\/a><\/h2>\n

Michael Snyder \u2013 The Economic Collapse Dec 15, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The family unit is one of the fundamental pillars of any society, and so the weaker our family units become the weaker our entire nation is going to become.\u00a0 For decades, the traditional family unit has been under assault in America, and the consequences have been absolutely catastrophic.\u00a0 Today, the marriage rate has dropped to levels that we have never seen before, we continue to have one of the highest divorce rates in the entire world, and more couples than ever are choosing not to get married at all.\u00a0 As a result, the number of single parents has been steadily rising, and at this point the United States actually has the highest rate of children living with a single parent of any country on the entire planet.\u00a0 The following comes from Pew Research<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

For decades, the share of U.S. children living with a single parent has been rising<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, accompanied by a decline in marriage rates and a rise in births outside of marriage. A new Pew Research Center stud<\/strong><\/span>y<\/a> of 130 countries and territories shows that the U.S. has the world\u2019s highest rate of children living in single-parent households<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost a quarter of U.S. children under the age of 18 live with one parent and no other adults (23%), more than three times the share of children around the world who do so (7%).<\/span><\/p>\n

You would think that with how rapidly modern notions of \u201cmorality\u201d are spreading around the globe that someone out there would be worse than us, but sadly we are dead last<\/strong> on the list.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, our rate is more than four times higher than India and more than seven times higher than China<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

In comparison, 3% of children in China, 4% of children in Nigeria and 5% of children in India live in single-parent households. In neighboring Canada, the share is 15%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Should we really be lecturing anyone else about how they should be conducting themselves when we are such a complete and utter mess?<\/span><\/p>\n

We like to think of ourselves as a light to the rest of the world and a great example that they should follow, but the truth is that we are a nation of complete and utter degenerates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course it wasn\u2019t always this way.\u00a0 If you go back to 1960, less than 10 percent<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of all American children lived with a single parent\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

America\u2019s top spot has been a long time coming, data<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from the U.S. Census Bureau show. In 1960, just 9 percent of U.S. children lived with one parent, and just 3 percent lived with either a non-parent relative or a non-relative. By 2019, the Census Bureau estimated that 26 percent of children lived with single parents (a figure that varies from Pew\u2019s due to methodological differences), while just 4 percent lived with non-parent relatives or non-relatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what happened?<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, the truth is that there has been a concerted effort to radically change American culture, and this has especially been true when it comes to sexual morality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our televisions, our movies, our education system and most of our politicians endlessly assure us that it is perfectly fine to run around like wild animals doing whatever we feel like doing.\u00a0 As a result, more than 110 million Americans<\/a><\/strong><\/span> now have a sexually transmitted disease, we have the highest teenage pregnancy rate<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in the industrialized world, and about 40 percent of all U.S. babies are born to unmarried women<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1960, nonmarital births were quite rare. Today, about two-fifths of all births are to unmarried women. This resulted from a complicated combination of moral and behavioral changes, and a new report<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from Senator Mike Lee\u2019s Social Capital Project disentangles them.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we want to turn America around, this is a great place to start.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just like virtually everything else, our families are collapsing, and the path that we are on clearly leads to national suicide<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we don\u2019t want to do it for ourselves, we should at least do it for future generations.\u00a0 Because if we don\u2019t get things turned around, our children will continue to suffer greatly<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The results for children are often grim. Although academics debate about causality, single parenting is strongly related<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to risk for poverty and lower educational attainment on the part of the child, as well as<\/strong><\/span><\/a> incarceration among boys and teenage pregnancy among girls. As the share of single-parent households increases, the risk of these adverse outcomes also rises.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course these days a lot of young adults don\u2019t want to have children at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our society has trained our young people to view parenthood and family life as undesirable, and so it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise that the U.S. fertility rate has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The US fertility rate dropped for the fourth straight year in 2018, and has fallen approximately 15% since 2007<\/strong>, according to the National Center for Health Statistics<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \u2013 which reports that there were 59.1 births for every 1,000 women of childbearing age.<\/span><\/p>\n

In total, 3,791,712 births were recorded across the country last year \u2013 extending a steep decline that began during the 2008 Recession, according to the New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As one user in Reddit\u2019s \u201cChildfree<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u201d forum notes: \u201cBabies are expensive, and we\u2019re all broke,\u201d to which another user<\/strong><\/span><\/a> replied \u201cAlso, pregnancy and its effects on the body are gross and not worth it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Incredibly, our fertility rate is now actually below replacement level<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

That means that we aren\u2019t even producing enough babies to replace ourselves at this point.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no future for any society that does not value children, marriage and family.\u00a0 You can\u2019t show me one example in human history of any society that has ever thrived for an extended period of time without cherishing those institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t take a genius to figure out what we need to do.\u00a0 Unfortunately, most of the country is running completely in the opposite direction as fast as they can.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we continue to go down this road, the institution of the family is going to continue to collapse in the United States, and there is no possible way that America will ever be great again as long as that is happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong>: I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep. My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, End Of The American Dream<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and The Most Important News<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe. I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com<\/a> including The Beginning Of The End<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Get Prepared Now<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and Living A Life That Really Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. (#CommissionsEarned) By purchasing those books you help to support my work. I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but due to government regulations I need those that republish my articles to include this \u201cAbout the Author\u201d section with each article. In order to comply with those government regulations, I need to tell you that the controversial opinions in this article are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the websites where my work is republished. This article may contain opinions on political matters, but it is not intended to promote the candidacy of any particular political candidate. The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial or health decisions. Those responding to this article by making comments are solely responsible for their viewpoints, and those viewpoints do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of Michael Snyder or the operators of the websites where my work is republished. I encourage you to follow me on social media on Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and any way that you can share these articles with others is a great help.<\/span><\/p>\n

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