IF you get to raise your children.
The thing everyone is missing is the risks involved in getting married and having kids. Your wife at any point can cheat, leave, and take everything including the kids. Do you want to be a wage slave the rest of your life? Do you want to join the millions of single fathers who get destroyed by broken, bias, and corrupt family courts?
If Conservatives and Republicans want to address this issue, start by fixing family courts, eliminating alimony, supporting shared parenting. Start removing the risks to marriage and reducing the number of single parent homes. Address the cultural and legal issues surrounding this.
Good points all of them. Marriage should be easier and divorce should be equally onerous for both parties. We also have a culture that makes marriage look unattractive. Yes, I mean being married and staying married while raising children up right. You learn important social skills doing that.