Cohabitation

Cohabitation with no legal commitment

         

Out-Of-Wedlock

               Parenting is

              Detrimental to

        To the family Unit

Nearly half of all babies (47.5%) are born out of the bonds of marriage, this figure has risen up from 25% in 1988

Statistics

• ·        “Preliminary data indicate that 40.7 percent of all 2012 births were out-of-wedlock, which is appalling, and there are vast differences among racial and ethnic groups. Among non-Hispanic blacks, the figure is highest, at 72.2 percent; for American Indians/Alaska Natives, it’s 66.9 percent; 53.5 percent for Hispanics; 29.4 percent for non-Hispanic whites; and a mere 17.1 percent for Asians/Pacific Islanders.” –Roger Clegg
• ·        “Among women under 30, more than one-half of all births happened outside of marriage. Above, newborns at the New York University Medical Center in New York City.” –Jordan Weissmann
• ·        “Johns Hopkins University recently found that 64 percent of mothers gave birth at least once out of wedlock. Almost one-half had all of their children without ever exchanging vows.” -Jordan Weissmann
• ·        “If the trend continues at the current rate, the majority of children will be born to parents who are not married in 2016.” –Steven Swinford

The problem that families need to be aware of are the issues of children being born without a strong united family unit. The structure of the family has been nearly eliminated due to the choices of fathers and mothers. This has a negative impact because having this lack of parenting, connection, and commitment allows and often leads to future negative behavior for future generations.

“There is some debate over whether unmarried partnerships are a negative outcome at all, or whether they are a sign of progress, reflecting the increasing economic independence of women and the trend toward individual freedom. However, results of the study conclude that compared with "traditional families," parents of fragile families are more likely to have become parents in their teens, more likely to have had children with other partners, more likely to be poor, suffer from depression, struggle with substance abuse, and to have been incarcerated. They are also disproportionately African American and Hispanic.” –LaVar Young, President and CEO, Newark Now.

 If your committed enough to have a child, you should be committed enough to have a legal binding declaration of this commitment together.