Originally Posted by
Seneca Pilot
Look at the data. Children raised in a home with both parents are overwhelmingly more successful than those from single households. This goes to time spent with the children, and values taught them.
It is definitely a symptom. And a cause. Not sure you can separate the two. The problems seen in out of wedlock births cross racial lines and the white children suffer equally to blacks. The point is that this causes generational poverty and hopelessness in all races and is the root of many of the problems young people face with respect of authority, drugs, crime, teen pregnancy, STD's, and violence.
As much as it is heresy to say these days. A complete home and christian values are vital to the success of our society.
I hear your point, but I'm saying that having children out of wedlock could be caused by other societal issues rather than being a cause itself. Why do certain communities have a higher rate of single parents? Surely there is a cause, and the cause is not race (I am not implying that is what you are saying). These issues are complex and we cannot point a finger at one statistic and call it a day.
Did you know that people who eat oatmeal every morning have a higher chance of dying in the next ten years than those who don't?