I'm in particular very concerned about the loneliness of many Americans in all age groups,

but it's really profound in that youngest age group that we would expect to be thinking about marriage.

If we want America's next 250 years to be as glorious as its first 250,

then some things have to be the same, and the family is absolutely at the same.

Welcome back to the Kevin Roberts Show. I'm Larry O'Connor. Last week we talked about how the family is the foundation of any great civilization. It's certainly true here in America. We touched on one part of that story that we want to dive a little

deeper into, and that has to do with the dangers for a civilization when the family starts to

erode. And some of the very real historical issues we've had here in America, some of them based

on hoaxes and lies about the dangers of overpopulation.

We're going to get into it right now with Kevin Roberts on the Kevin Roberts show.

Dr. Roberts, always good to see you, sir.

Likewise, Larry O'Connor.

Birth rates falling, marriage declining, loneliness starts to rise. People feel hopeless and despair.

These are all very real issues and something that we as a civilization should really care about, I would think.

We should. And last time we talked about sort of the policy effects, the problems that lead up to that.

And those are really important. But another very important way to

discuss this, as you just mentioned or analyze it, is from the standpoint of the individual.

And all of those things you just mentioned are sources of worry. I'm in particular very concerned

about the loneliness of many Americans in all age groups, but it's really profound in that

youngest age group that we would expect to be

thinking about marriage. Yeah, and ironically, social media, which we were told was going to connect

us all and make us all so intimate. It actually has isolated us. It's made people withdrawn,

and that, I think, is translated to fewer families. And is it true that fewer families ultimately

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