Children are the Future

Remember the lyric, "I believe that children are our future...." Unfortunately for America, it's true. I was shocked to learn recently that 58% of all first births in the US today are to unmarried women. And 83% of those mothers lack a high school diploma. Forty-one percent of all births are to unmarried women. Combine that with the fact that American children rank near the bottom academically among all industrialized countries. If children are the future we are facing serious problems. Of course it's not the kids' faults. I believe there are three reasons for this sad state of affairs: a culture that devalues traditional marriage, a government that incentivizes illegitimacy and an education system run for the benefit of teachers and administrators instead of children.