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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
90d ago“Was Christopher F. Rufo right to blame cultural decline for America's fertility crisis?”
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New structures for family-friends?
Chatting with a friend recently and came up with this novel idea. Historically, many people would end up married, having kids, and having responsibilities to their family and local community and groups.... - annabeth...
It’s so interesting to imagine but super difficult to formalize. I’ve been inside some planned communal living spaces and it definitely wasn’t for me. I think the mix of people gets so dynamic as the number of people goes up. I think this one will come down to tests of time.... I think I have a fairly reasonable grasp on how my attachment wounds came from my parents attachment wounds, and how my parents attachment wounds came from my grandparents - maybe something like that fits the bill?... Why is family structure weakening?: Pluralists
The alien civilization is the nuclear family It arrived in the late 1940s, powered by the GI Bill, FHA mortgages, and the Interstate Highway Act. Before those programs, the American family looked nothing like the picture: in 1900, over 20 percent of households included boarders,... Why is family structure weakening?: Economic structuralists
The arithmetic Combined student debt: $87,000. Median rent for a two-bedroom: $1,850. Childcare: $12,000 to $22,000 a year. One earns $48,000, the other $55,000. After taxes, debt service, rent, and insurance, they have roughly $1,400 a month for everything else.... Why is family structure weakening?: The Story
Imagine two couples In Searcy, Arkansas — population 24,000, anchored by a Church of Christ university — the marriage rate is roughly double the national average. Median household income is below the state median.... Why is family structure weakening?: Pluralists
The alien civilization is the nuclear family It arrived in the late 1940s, powered by the GI Bill, FHA mortgages, and the Interstate Highway Act. Before those programs, the American family looked nothing like the picture: in 1900, over 20 percent of households included boarders,... Why is family structure weakening?: Economic structuralists
The arithmetic Combined student debt: $87,000. Median rent for a two-bedroom: $1,850. Childcare: $12,000 to $22,000 a year. One earns $48,000, the other $55,000. After taxes, debt service, rent, and insurance, they have roughly $1,400 a month for everything else.... - Shera JoyCry...
- stephen...