Are nuclear families at risk of extinction?

Nearly a quarter of children born since 2000 were raised in single-parent households – twice the European average

Mum, dad and two children watching TV
The traditional two-parent nuclear family is ‘rapidly becoming a thing of the past’
(Image credit: Compassionate Eye Foundation/Rob Daly/OJO Images Ltd)

“When the lights go off this winter, it will finally dawn on everybody that neglecting our energy requirements for the best part of three decades was probably a tad unwise,” said Rod Liddle in The Sunday Times. It makes me wonder what else are we ignoring now “that will cause us immense misery” a few decades on.

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