1. The Decline of Marriage and Fatherhood
Although evolutionists say that the human family, which is considered the oldest social institution, is a source of enormous evolutionary advantage for human beings, it is still a common misconception that "men are not biologically as attuned to being committed fathers as women are to being mothers" (Popenoe 1996: 323). ... Children who lay in bed at night and wonder if their father will be there in the morning, or where he is, or who he is, are " more likely to have a jaundiced view of such values as honesty, self-sacrifice, and personal responsibility, to say nothing of trust" (Popenoe 1996...
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