Oklahoma Bill Encourages Marriage With State Tax Credits For Hitched Parents
February 3, 2025
The United States has the world’s highest rate of kids being raised in single-parent homes. This is alarming, considering the benefits children gain when being raised by their married parents, including greater academic success, financial stability, and improved social outcomes. Married parents are key to children’s well-being and future. Yet, as a nation, we are denying the next generation the environment that is most likely to set them up for stability and success.
Generation Z is following the example of Millennials and concluding that marriage is uncool. As marriage rates have fallen, the percentage of children born to unmarried parents has generally trended upward. Nearly 40 percent of babies in the United States are born to unmarried parents. It’s time for states to think seriously about how they can incentivize family structures that help children thrive.
