The headline regarding mothers immediately causes readers to assume that the article is comdemning and judgmental of a lifestyle that they find no problem with. But the article doesn’t just take a normative position on the topic and move on – it points out the truly dangerous implication of this trend, which is that those children born out of wedlock are so much more susceptible to poverty, emotional issues, and failing in school. That’s the real problem here.
Tucked away in middle of the second page of the unwed mothers story is the line:
“Others noted that if they married, their official household income would rise, which could cost them government benefits like food stamps and child care.”
Of course the NYT doesn’t elaborate on this at all, but it is an interesting tidbit.
Matt, the article does elaborate a little. Here is what the New York Times says about marriage and motherhood…
One group still largely resists the trend: college graduates, who overwhelmingly marry before having children. That is turning family structure into a new class divide, with the economic and social rewards of marriage increasingly reserved for people with the most education.
“Marriage has become a luxury good,” said Frank Furstenberg, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania.
It seems a little strange to refer to marriage as a luxury good. Does it cost so much to get married that only rich, educated folks can afford it? Or is it too much a reach to understand that education is an advantage in life; bearing and rearing children out of wedlock is a disadvantage in life?
New claim: sugar is just as toxic as alcohol and tobacco and should be regulated the same way.
Many people are running around blaming childhood obesity on high fructose corn syrup but according to GMU Economics professor Garett Jones the rate of pet obesity has climbed in a similar fashion to childhood obesity.
The headline regarding mothers immediately causes readers to assume that the article is comdemning and judgmental of a lifestyle that they find no problem with. But the article doesn’t just take a normative position on the topic and move on – it points out the truly dangerous implication of this trend, which is that those children born out of wedlock are so much more susceptible to poverty, emotional issues, and failing in school. That’s the real problem here.
Dear Government,
Don’t tell us what we can and cannot eat.
He should have seen it coming!
Tucked away in middle of the second page of the unwed mothers story is the line:
“Others noted that if they married, their official household income would rise, which could cost them government benefits like food stamps and child care.”
Of course the NYT doesn’t elaborate on this at all, but it is an interesting tidbit.
Matt, the article does elaborate a little. Here is what the New York Times says about marriage and motherhood…
It seems a little strange to refer to marriage as a luxury good. Does it cost so much to get married that only rich, educated folks can afford it? Or is it too much a reach to understand that education is an advantage in life; bearing and rearing children out of wedlock is a disadvantage in life?
New claim: sugar is just as toxic as alcohol and tobacco and should be regulated the same way.
Many people are running around blaming childhood obesity on high fructose corn syrup but according to GMU Economics professor Garett Jones the rate of pet obesity has climbed in a similar fashion to childhood obesity.