The good news is that perhaps the cycle will be broken after a generation. Since 1980, the median age of first marriage has increased and, perhaps as a consequence, the divorce rate has fallen. However, do not be surprised if we find in future studies that parents who institutionalized their young children in day care from the first year are more likely to be institutionalized by their children than parents who stayed home with their children.
[1] Pezzin, L. E. and B. S. Schone, Parental marital disruption and intergenerational transfers: An analysis of lone elderly parents and their children, Demography, 36, 287-297.
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What a lot of socialist bunk. Back this statement up with quotes the writers of the Constitution, please...or even from the document itself.
Happy to oblige. Although I hope you ...
-- posted by mikeohara
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Mar 25, 2000 11:18 AM
the US strikes a balance between the needs of the community and the rights of the individual. That is, after all, the very essence of the Constitution.
What a lot of socialist bunk. Back thi ...
-- posted by JoelG
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Mar 25, 2000 6:18 AM
I see. By handing over all autonomy, all decision-making, to these elites a thousand miles away, we achieve greatness. I guess that means that Nazi Germany, the U.S.S.R, and Maoist China, were all ...
-- posted by mikeohara
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Mar 24, 2000 1:29 PM
Because, quite obviously, it is the only way a nation achieves greatness.
I see. By handing over all autonomy, all decision-making, to these elites a thousand miles away, we achieve greatnes ...
-- posted by JoelG
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Mar 24, 2000 12:47 PM
Joel:
The big question is, why do we give government the power to make these kinds of mistakes? Yes, we are all human, and we all make mistakes. But government doesn't do anything small, inclu ...
-- posted by mikeohara
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