The breakdown of the family
Jan 1, 2020 17:23:34 #
What happened to the family?
If we look at the statistics from 1870 to 1960 we will observe that the rate of divorce, while slowly rising, hit an accelerated rise in the early 30s.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_21/sr21_024.pdf
What changed?
https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression/Political-movements-and-social-change
Roosevelt fashioned the “New Deal”.
Church attendance started to drop.
American intellectuals, who had gone to Europe because they regarded the US as intellectually inferior, returned to the US because of the onset of WWII bringing Marxism and C*******m with them.
Infatuation with the Soviet Union grew because of their strong alliance with the USA on the European front, furthering the popularity of their economic system.
Teachers, lawyers, architects, and other middle-class professionals felt empowered and became strong supporters of Marxism and C*******m during this period as well. They were later joined by many authors and other people in the entertainment industry.
People began to become enamored of public media, particularly radio and movies.
These and other social and political factors were factors.
What do you think?
If we look at the statistics from 1870 to 1960 we will observe that the rate of divorce, while slowly rising, hit an accelerated rise in the early 30s.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_21/sr21_024.pdf
What changed?
https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression/Political-movements-and-social-change
Roosevelt fashioned the “New Deal”.
Church attendance started to drop.
American intellectuals, who had gone to Europe because they regarded the US as intellectually inferior, returned to the US because of the onset of WWII bringing Marxism and C*******m with them.
Infatuation with the Soviet Union grew because of their strong alliance with the USA on the European front, furthering the popularity of their economic system.
Teachers, lawyers, architects, and other middle-class professionals felt empowered and became strong supporters of Marxism and C*******m during this period as well. They were later joined by many authors and other people in the entertainment industry.
People began to become enamored of public media, particularly radio and movies.
These and other social and political factors were factors.
What do you think?
Jan 1, 2020 17:51:35 #
Saspatz007 wrote:
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I think that started when they changed the economy so that both parents had to work to support the family. Soon the kids were raising themselves and they no longer shared meals together and that was the death of the family its now just a bunch of people living together!
Jan 1, 2020 19:57:52 #
Lonewolf wrote:
I think that started when they changed the economy so that both parents had to work to support the family. Soon the kids were raising themselves and they no longer shared meals together and that was the death of the family its now just a bunch of people living together!
And exactly who "changed' the economy and when did they do it?
Jan 2, 2020 16:03:49 #
American Vet wrote:
And exactly who "changed' the economy and when did they do it?
I'd guess the second or third president after WWII. I was alive then but hardly old enough to know anything that was going on.
Jan 2, 2020 16:58:24 #
Lt. Rob Polans ret. wrote:
I'd guess the second or third president after WWII. I was alive then but hardly old enough to know anything that was going on.
You are probably spot on: 2 democrats - JFK and LBJ.
Jan 2, 2020 19:32:18 #
Lonewolf wrote:
I think that started when they changed the economy so that both parents had to work to support the family. Soon the kids were raising themselves and they no longer shared meals together and that was the death of the family its now just a bunch of people living together!
This is certainly a factor. There are a number of possible factors.
After WW2 there was an extreme shortage of single men. Many widows had to stay in the workforce to support their families.
The 60s marked by another acceleration in the divorce rate which had. the same effect.
The unions came under heavy attack under Reagan beginning with the air traffic controllers.
Over time the unions lost more and more power, resulting in wage stagnation since the late 80s until now. This has forced most families to have two working parents in order to support their families.
Jan 3, 2020 02:43:10 #
The equal rights act gave women economic empowerment, allowing them to leave unhappy marriages. Divorce laws also liberalized.
Jan 3, 2020 11:33:12 #
BigJim wrote:
The equal rights act gave women economic empowerment, allowing them to leave unhappy marriages. Divorce laws also liberalized.
I’m not so sure that no fault divorce has proven to be such a good thing over all. Pluses and minuses. On one hand it has made it much easier to leave abusive marriages. On the other hand I’m convinced that its a big part of the rise in single parent families.
The majority of single parent families live below the poverty line. It’s nearly impossible to raise a child and hold down a job that can support a family without a partner. Either way the children don’t get the benefits of two loving parents.
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