#6 Majority of U.S. Teens Don’t Live in Intact Families.

Majority of U.S. Teens Don’t Live in Intact Families

When I came across this article, it was the title that caught my attention. Although I was aware that maintaining an intact family and marriage is a growing issue, the numbers were alarming.  The article states "55 percent of 15-to-17-year-olds in America do not live in intact families." That is over half of teens in our country today! The article also states "... more than 40 percent of all children are born out of wedlock, and one in three children live in single-parent homes."  As I have spoke about multiple times before, the importance of maintaining an intact family and marriage  has many benefits for all members involved and is beneficial to society. The article above supports the many reasons how intact families are crucial and the impact they have made in our world.  We must work from the ground up and build a foundation in order to help resolve this major issue in our country.
"First Things First" is a program located in Richmond Virginia that "..provides education programs that encourage active fatherhood and strengthen marriage in Richmond's low-income communities." The program has three steps whose order is crucial! The steps are 1. graduate high school, 2. get married, 3. have kids.  These are three steps that help in avoiding poverty as a result of being a broken family and assist in improving intact families.  I believe this article was very interesting and informative.  It allowed me to look at some statistics and also described the importance of this topic and ways we can work to solving it.