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New at Reason: Cathy Young on Why Single Motherhood is on the Rise
A new report
from the National Center for Health Statistics with the dry title,
"Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United
States," contains startling news: births to single mothers, which
had leveled off in the early 2000s, have risen sharply in recent
years. Some sociologists believe we have reached a tipping point:
the link between marriage and parenthood is no longer the norm. Why
is this happening, and what does it mean for women, children, and
men? There are no simple answers, writes Contributing Editor Cathy
Young, only difficult questions that we ignore at our peril.
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