The Terrifying Impact Of Single-Parent Households - Melissa Kearney - #689

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Melissa Kearney is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, and an author known for her research in the field of economic demography. Declining marriage and birthrates frequently dominate discussions about the future of society, but what is the impact of separated parents on the kids who grow up in these homes? Melissa has spent years assessing the data, and her findings are absolutely terrifying. Expect to learn how single-parent households are massively worsening class divides, what happens to kids who grow up with only one parent, what is driving the decline in American marriage rates, what Melissa is hearing from both men & women who don’t want to marry, just how many of the problems we’re seeing in the modern world are downstream from single-parent households, whether the decline in marriage and birthrate are at all correlated, what can be done about this issue and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Response to Melissa’s Book (02:27) What Has Been Happening to Marriage Rates? (07:46) How College Degrees Are Influencing Childbirth & Marriage Rates (14:52) Are Women Misjudging What Men Want? (25:30) Why Are Declining Marriages a Bad Thing? (30:20) Differences in Kids Raised in Two-Parent & One-Parent Homes (41:35) Cohabiting Vs Marriage (50:25) The Lack of Substitute Father Figures for Boys (58:30) Consequences of Eroding Chivalrous Norms (1:08:24) How Many of Societal Problems Are Due to Single-Parent Households? (1:10:10) The Connection Between Marriage Rates & Birth Rates (1:20:25) Melissa’s Interventions to Increase Marriage Rates (1:28:30) Where to Find Melissa Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices