The Right of the Child to the Marriage of His Parents

1. The Right of the Childto theMarriage of His Parents Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. Family Research Council Rhode Island Family Conference Feb. 27thth. 2010

2. The Thriving Parent Marriage / Child Relationship

3. The Thriving Parent Marriage / Child Relationship

4. The Non-Thriving Marriage / Child Relationship

5. Society = Relationships

6. Future of Society = The Child

7. 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Divorce OWB

8. International Rejection Ration USA

9. Ideal of Family

10. Reality of Family

11. 5 Tasks, 5 Institutions

12. Basic Tasks • Family • Next Generation • Religion • Moral Universals, Worship • School • To Know • Government • Protection • Marketplace • Income, Property

13. Society’s Basic Tasks Gov Market School Church Family

14. Individual’s Basic Tasks Gov Market School Church Family

15. Couple’s Basic Tasks Gov Market School Church Family

16. Family’s Basic Tasks Gov Market School Church Family

17. Society’s Basic Task Gov Market School Church Family

18. Society’s Basic Task $$$$ Gov Market School Church Family

19. Yearly Income, 200, Families With Children Note: Figures do not include transferred income

20. Children in Poverty, 2000

21. Children in Poverty Unmarried Parents Same Parents Married 3.17 Million Children 3.93 Million Children Out of Poverty In Poverty 0.75 Million Children In Poverty Source R Rector: Analysis of CPS 2001

22. Marriage Premium in Male Income $127 $100 Comparative Income % + $27 = Source Antovics, K. & Town, R. Am Econ Review V 94, (2004) pp 317-321

23. Income of Divorce on Income of Families 1993 Average Annual Income 42% Family Status Source: Corcoran and Chaudray, Unpublished Research Paper, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, May 1994

24. Median Net Worth of Families With Children Under 18 (2000) Source: Survey of Consumer Finance, 2001

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26. Schema: Having vs. Belonging in the US ?

27. INCOME - ECONOMY $$$

28. INCOME - FAMILY ECONOMY

29. Society’s Basic Tasks Gov Market School Church Family

31. School Expulsion Source Add Health Wave II 1996

32. Educational Attainment Ideal

33. Educational Attainment

34. Society’s Basic Tasks Gov Market School Church Family

35. Safety vs. ABUSE

36. In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 33 Times More Likely to Suffer Serious Abuse than a Child with Married Parents Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Biological Parents Married FamilyStructure Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, 1994.

37. In Britain, a Child Whose Biological Mother Cohabits was 73 Times More Likely to Suffer Fatal Abuse than a Child with Married Parents Comparative Risk Ratios for Serious Abuse, 1982-1988 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Mother Married to Stepfather Biological Mother Alone Biological Parents Cohabiting Biological Father Alone Biological Mother Cohabiting Biological Parents Married FamilyStructure Source: Robert Whelan, Broken Homes and Broken Children, 1994.

38. Runaway Children in UK Step-Families Lone-parent Families Two-parent Families 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Percentage of children running away overnight before the age of 16

40. Source: C. Harper and S. McLanahan, “Father Absence and Youth Incarceration,” ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 1998. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.

41. Good Law and Order

42. Diminished Law and Order

43. Society’s Basic Tasks Gov Market School Church Family

48. IDEAL OF FAMILY

49. REALITY OF FAMILY

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