It would tend to reason that women who become mothers would be more educated considering they are having children later in life. That being said one has to wonder about the complications that arise from having children at an advanced age. What was even more striking to me is that a full 40% of all births are to single moms. The odds of ending up in poverty go up astronomically in a single parent household run by a woman. That is a statistical fact. Lastly, one has to wonder about the effects of 1/4 of all births in the United States now coming from Hispanic mothers and what this will do long term to our time tested methods of assimilation. I’m unaware of any time in our country’s history that such a significant percentage of births were coming from one specific sub group of society. Only time will tell if these children marry themselves into the general population or remain distinct and form their own sub set within the population. Well there you have it. Three trends with at least two having long term negative consequences for our society.
Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there!