The data and analysis here is both persuasive and concerning. In 1950, 5% of children were born out of wedlock. Today, it's nearly 50%, despite the fact that teen and unwanted pregnancies are down across classifications. This might be the most important economic issue of our time, and cuts across many of the other problems we have today.
Some interesting bits from the pod:
Boys are more susceptible to not getting enough attention at home and then acting out at school, leading to serious punishments and less learning. (Girls are senstive, too, but typically internalize it and have low self esteem as a result).
We might have less of a sense of duty in our society due to notions of liberty and freedom. This is a long held attack on classic liberalism from social conservatives.
The group hurt most by this are the women with high school degrees having kids and not marrying. And this class and the least well off are the ones doing this in the greatest numbers.
I think all of this has been argued before on here, but this book and interview put some data behind those arguments.
Some interesting bits from the pod:
Boys are more susceptible to not getting enough attention at home and then acting out at school, leading to serious punishments and less learning. (Girls are senstive, too, but typically internalize it and have low self esteem as a result).
We might have less of a sense of duty in our society due to notions of liberty and freedom. This is a long held attack on classic liberalism from social conservatives.
The group hurt most by this are the women with high school degrees having kids and not marrying. And this class and the least well off are the ones doing this in the greatest numbers.
I think all of this has been argued before on here, but this book and interview put some data behind those arguments.
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