NEW YORK (VINnews) — Death of the family? For the first time since records began in 1845, there were more children born in England out of wedlock than in marriages in 2021, according to official figures released by the British Office for National Statistics.
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The latest Office for National Statistics data shows around 625,000 live births were logged in England and Wales during 2021. But 321,000 of these were outside of marriage or a civil partnership, while 304,000 were within one, meaning that just 48.7% of newborns were born to a legal couple.
However England is not alone in having more children born out of marriage. France leads Europe with the number of children born out of wedlock (59.7%) followed by Bulgaria, Slovenia, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal and Holland, all of which have more than 50% of children born outside a legitimate marriage. In the US rates vary by state but average over 40% of children born outside marriage.
Most children born to out-of-wedlock parents will spend their childhood with a single parent. Studies show that this status will affect their health at birth, cognitive development in childhood, academic performance and emotional and behavioral stability.
It’s unfortunate, but statistically, those children are at an elevated risk of domestic violence and abuse. Social media and feminism undermine how important attentive (read that as many times to understand) Fathers are in a child’s life.
Are children of parents who are married halachicly but never filed for civil marriage included? The same could be asked about moslems who marry only under their religious law.
stable families are the key to society. As the stable families disappear, more social problems come.
It’s even worse than what the headline indicates. The minority, 304,000 babies, were born within marriage or a “civil partnership.” Those “civil partnerships” are also not marriages. So, the VAST majority of newly born British babies are illegitimate.