How Conservatives and the GOP Destroyed the “Traditional Family” They Claim to Treasure
Thanks in part to the GOP’s failed policies, America is such a hard place to raise a family that many people are delaying getting married and having kids.
[August 30, 2010]
For decades, social conservatives have had a lot to say about the decline of “family values” in the United States, and they have a long list of people they like to blame, including gays and lesbians, Hollywood, the adult entertainment industry, feminists, rappers, the ACLU and abortion providers.
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I agree with a lot of this article, but I also think the family in the 1950’s is nostalgically overhyped. Govt. policies might have been more family friendly then, but other things were harder.
I think it is a mixed bag now for families as compared to in the past. Women are far more empowered to assert themselves in an abusive or bad marriage, and divorce is no longer ostracized.
Children suffer more, now, than in the fifties. More live in poverty than did then.
More are being raised in childcare,some great, others abysmal. Parents seem more stressed because of finances.
I think (as a whole) the “me” generation has been better at spending time with their kids and supporting them emotionally, but have been more selfish than their own parents in choices surrounding their own families.
I was raised with married parents, and wish all kids had the chance to be. That being said, I realize dysfunction is everywhere, intact families, stepfamilies, etc… The direction of the GOP should not be trying to turn back the nostalgic clock to how things were, but to make the present as functional as possible for families, and particualry for children.
“Family Values” in my opinion are just buzzwords for politicians that want votes. It doesn’t have much to do with what they actually do in
office.
They can say they “care” about families and God, but policies that continue to marginalize them economically tell another story.
I agree with a lot of this article, but I also think the family in the 1950’s is nostalgically overhyped. Govt. policies might have been more family friendly then, but other things were harder.
I think it is a mixed bag now for families as compared to in the past. Women are far more empowered to assert themselves in an abusive or bad marriage, and divorce is no longer ostracized.
Children suffer more, now, than in the fifties. More live in poverty than did then.
More are being raised in childcare,some great, others abysmal. Parents seem more stressed because of finances.
I think(as a whole) the “me” generation has been better at spending time with their kids and supporting them emotionally, but have been more selfish than their own parents in choices surrounding their own families.
I was raised with married parents, and wish all kids had the chance to be. That being said, I realize dysfunction is everywhere, intact families, stepfamilies, etc… The direction of the GOP should not be trying to turn back the nostalgic clock to how things were, but to make the present as functional as possible for families, and particualry for children.
“Family Values” in my opinion are just buzzwords for politicians that want votes. It doesn’t have much to do with what they actually do in
office.
They can say they “care” about families and God, but policies that continue to marginalize them economically tell another story. – KC
