Decline in marriage hurting children: report

THE well-being of Australia’s children and young people has declined alarmingly in the past decade – and plunging marriage rates are partly to blame, a major study has found.

Its author, Patrick Parkinson, professor of law at the University of Sydney, has called for a review of government policy to ensure marriage is not being undermined. He says it is time to question whether the nation can afford to maintain policies that give neither encouragement nor support to marriage.

Adele Horin writes in the Sydney Morning Herald:  http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/decline-in-marriage-hurting-children-report-20110905-1jubo.html#ixzz1XRICR5EC