The Family Policy Pivot
August 7, 2024
The American heart is in danger of closing to that which matters most: love, marriage, and family. Dating is down, the marriage rate has fallen more than 60% since 1970, and our fertility rate hit a record-low 1.6 babies per woman just last year.
What’s more, no group has been battered and buffeted by the falling fortunes of the family than the American working class. In the last four decades, for instance, the share of children being raised by married parent-home families dropped most among working-class families.
