#689 - Melissa Kearney - The Terrifying Impact Of Single-Parent Households

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Melissa Kearney is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, and an author known for her research in the field of economic demography. Declining marriage and birthrates frequently dominate discussions about the future of society, but what is the impact of separated parents on the kids who grow up in these homes? Melissa has spent years assessing the data, and her findings are absolutely terrifying. Expect to learn how single-parent households are massively worsening class divides, what happens to kids who grow up with only one parent, what is driving the decline in American marriage rates, what Melissa is hearing from both men & women who don’t want to marry, just how many of the problems we’re seeing in the modern world are downstream from single-parent households, whether the decline in marriage and birthrate are at all correlated, what can be done about this issue and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://craftd.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:02.7	My guest today is Melissa Karney.
0:04.6	She's a professor of economics at the University of Maryland
0:07.3	and an author known for her research
0:09.3	in the field of economic demography.
0:11.7	Declining marriages and birth rates
0:13.7	are frequently dominating discussions
0:15.8	about the future of society.
0:17.2	But what is the impact of separated parents
0:20.4	on the kids who grow up in these homes?
0:22.7	Melissa has spent years assessing the data
0:26.0	and her findings are absolutely terrifying.
0:28.6	Expect to learn how single-parent households
0:31.1	are massively worsening class divides.
0:33.4	What happens to kids who grow up with only one parent?
0:36.6	What is driving the decline in American marriage rates?
0:39.4	What Melissa is hearing from both men and women
0:41.5	who don't want to marry?
0:42.9	Just how many of the problems we're seeing in the modern world
0:45.6	are downstream from single-parent households?
0:48.1	Whether the decline in marriage and birth rate
0:50.5	are at all correlated?
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