12th-December-2007
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Current laws don't encourage men to marry | |
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It is commendable to look at the causes of children in poverty, and single-parent households should be considered as a definite cause. But wouldn't it make more sense to look at the "cause of the cause"?
For young men today, absolutely no incentive exists for entering into marriage. When children are involved, men know that if they get divorced the family court system has a history of taking everything from them -- most important, custody of their children. Why enter into a legally binding agreement when there's a 50 percent chance that you will end up with most of the financial responsibility and little chance of maintaining a solid relationship with your children?
The advent of "no-fault" divorce and the substantially pro-mother bias of the court system give mothers every incentive to leave a marriage and thus create another single-parent household. (For the record, while two-parent households are always the best solution, most studies show that single-father raised children fare much better than single-mother raised children.)
So, perhaps we can look for ways to change marriage from being such a losing proposition for young men. The presupposition of equal parenting time, in the event of divorce, and a less punitive child support system would be a great start.
Brad Daberko
Indianapolis | Here
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