[Cronos]

Dude, this world is less perverted, less wretched and better today in 2020 than it was in 1950

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Things are getting better

[laconic]

Good points that needed to be made. I always fall back to the Dickens quote, more applicable in this year than in almost any other I’ve lived - “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .”. Nothing is static, the birth rate may rise (it has in Hungary due to leadership by PM Orban advocating and supporting larger families). One thing I have noticed in visiting manufacturers is that many of toughest, most dangerous factory jobs are now done by robots.

[ScottinVA]

All those stats notwithstanding, I’ll take the culture, family structure and stability of the 1950s as a far better time to raise children over this current era anytime.

[HangnJudge]

Ping thread for useful statistics

[NorthstarMom]

Great points.
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions.

It’s tempting to look back at “the good old days”, but sin has been here since the fall. God told His people to be fruitful and multiply, even during times of captivity. Children are always a blessing

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.