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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The traditional 2 parent family with mom and dad married, with no kids from previous relationships is no longer the norm
That has not been the norm for a long time
Ww1 wiped out numerous fathers, as did ww2
In the 60s people started to believe this could be the golden standard
Life has changed with the times and so has the definition of family and even standards for poverty
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WWI and WWII wiped out potential fathers. Not actual fathers. What exactly do you think the baby boom was? Also, is the new norm better or worse for children? Are they thriving under this new norm?[/quote]

You guys are insane. If you think pre-World War I women, we’re not marrying second and third husband.. women weren’t even allowed to own their own property. When a man died, they had to marry someone in order to keep their property.

So yeah, this is not knew that women forced to marry men, and be married because of the way the institution to set up.[/quote]

What are you even talking about? Married men with children weren't sent to the front lines. The younger single men were. You need to open a history book. You said WWI and WWII wiped out fathers. That's totally false, they were often exempt from service. [/quote]
Married men with children were sent to the frontlines, as well as old men
Some allied nations did not have to call up old men or married men, but in Europe there was no alternative.
Don’t think that the way things were in USA was universal
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Well, we're talking about the US darling! That's not what happened here. We're not talking about Russia or Germany. If we were we'd be talking about their marriage and single parent rates and we're not. So, if you want to switch gears, provide date about European marriage, divorce, and single parent rates to go with your interesting factoids about Allied forces and military service in the 1940s.[/quote]

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