The de-parenting of America
Dawn emailed me this brief article which references THIS sad report on the state of parenting in America.
Why are more and more American's opting not to have kids, I'd wager that many of us know couples who have decided to do just that. In fact, before my wife came along you could have lumped me into the same pile of people committed to never being burdened by children.
I confess...I was (and am still in many ways) a selfish prig. As you regulars well know, I believe my children are saving me and hopefully I am not in turn ruining them. (Lord have mercy...and James have patience).
People are not having kids because they are simply too busy and too selfish. To wrapped up in living life for themselves and by themselves. We have no community and Hilary's vision of a "village" is more akin to an indoctrination camp. Some would argue that since we are so busy and so selfish then it is good that we are not having kids...okay fine...
But the bigger ramifications of people not having kids is that parents are fast becoming an electoral minority. We are losing our political clout and if the current political trends continue we can soon expect people who have no wish to have kids of their own to start legislating how they think we ought to be raising ours. It takes a village ya know?
As this guy notes from the report:
Among the effects, they predict, will be decreased political support for parents -- who already make up less than 40 percent of the electorate -- and more cultural hostility
One of my biggest pet peeves is the government stepping in between parents and children. I can see in cases of abuse, but we are certainly seeing trends toward much more than that. Now I am not one of those UN fearing wackos...but what is happening in Belgium is a little scary.
Brussels Journal Editor Threatened with Prosecution over Homeschooling
UN Crackdown on Homeschoolers?
A UN declaration of Human Rights interfering with a homeschooling family in Brussels? Whodathunkit? I wonder how that declaration will be enforced in the middle east?
I don't expect to see my vouchers coming anytime soon.
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-julie
On another note...
I now of plenty of young women who are dying to have babies... but men don't want them. They are educated, beautiful young women. I think the break-down in couples not wanting to be parents is way more pervasive than it seems.
...and I'm sure the same goes in reverse for men. The point is that the problem is wickedly pervasive.
Anyway...
Stacy, you may be right...it'd be interesting to see how the feelings with regard to children breaks down according to the sexes.