For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage

Today we read an article in class about women under 30 having children before they are married. In the old days, women would depend on men so they would get married before they would have kids. Today, it’s a whole different story. Liberals think that shrinking paychecks have thinned the ranks of marriageable men. Conservatives say that the sexual revolution reduced the incentive to wed and that safety net programs discourage marriage.
Women did not have the rights back then that they have now. Now women can support themselves and a child without a mans help. Now, marriage is more of a thing that you do with someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with. Back then it was more of you had to do it because you were having that person child. Women have a choice now, maybe they don't want to marry because they don't think it will work out with the child's father. So, instead of them going through divorce if things get bad they just say no to marriage.
They say that there is a trend with college graduates who marry before having children. It is turning the family structure into a new class divide.
Susan L. Brown of Bowling Green State University found that children born to married couples on average experience better education, social, cognitive and behavioral outcomes. Well, I think that is false. I think it depends on how they were raised by their parent or parents. I know people who have been raised by one parent and they are the smartest in the class. My parents are not married and I think I am doing very well with my behavior and education.