The Abolition of Marriage: How We Destroy Lasting LoveMarriage is disappearing as a cultural norm in America, with disastrous consequences for the social and economic stability that depend on it. That's the reality that Maggie Gallagher asks us to face--and to change--in this revealing look at marriage in America today. |
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... Children from disrupted families are also more dissatisfied with the support they receive from friends.10 Children who grow up in single - parent homes are less likely to marry , more likely to divorce , and more likely to have chil ...
... Children from disrupted families are also more dissatisfied with the support they receive from friends.10 Children who grow up in single - parent homes are less likely to marry , more likely to divorce , and more likely to have chil ...
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... divorce rates were low and illegiti- macy almost nonexistent , but many more children were orphaned . This apparently sensible analogy turns out to be nonsense , for it pretends that the loss of a full - time wage earner and occasional ...
... divorce rates were low and illegiti- macy almost nonexistent , but many more children were orphaned . This apparently sensible analogy turns out to be nonsense , for it pretends that the loss of a full - time wage earner and occasional ...
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... children in joint physical custody " were no better adjusted than children from the mother - physical custody families . " 26 Children in these families may see their fathers more but , like other children of divorce , they do not ...
... children in joint physical custody " were no better adjusted than children from the mother - physical custody families . " 26 Children in these families may see their fathers more but , like other children of divorce , they do not ...
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