Ask any parent out there how things are going and they’d probably tell you that life seems very frantic as they try to juggle parenting, jobs and household chores. Ask these same parents if they are spending enough time with their kids, and the answer would probably be, “No!”
Well that parent would be wrong. Life might be frantic, but today’s parents are spending more time with their children than previous generations.
The rise in child-centered time is just one of the ways the American family is changing. Couples are typically waiting longer to get married and begin having children. Divorce rates are dropping with each generation.
Maybe this will start to throw a cold blanket on the Right’s false cries that families are being destroyed. But then again, maybe not.