Originally Posted by Catherder:
It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage.
73 percent of black children are born outside marriage, compared with 53 percent of Latinos and 29 percent of whites.
Stats: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_16.pdf
Absolutely disgusting statistics. It should be called the "Poor Me" syndrome - or maybe the GIMME Syndrome.
Mac60 you are spot on! I know someone that now has 3 children. She has been with baby (2&3) Dad from the beginning but won't marry because the system won't pay her if she's married. So in essence, the government has encouraged her and others to live in sin.
And don't even get me started on the mortgage debt relief.
