One solution to our problems

It doesn't take much thought to chronicle the problems that we face in our 21st century world. We all know that crime (and, what's more, violent crime) is rampant, that homosexuality and extra-marital sex is on the increase, and that poverty is a troubling problem, along with a whole host of other problems. The difficulty is not in pointing out the problems but in finding helpful solutions that work.

Gene Edward Veith has written a recent article (www.worldmag.com/articles/13473) in which he explores one solution to our problems that has PROVEN to work--and yet you can probably imagine the outcry over its non-political-correctness.

Veith has suggested that the solution to our problems with crime, sexual immorality, and poverty is the traditional two-parent family. He writes:

"Studies have long shown that the chances of a child growing up to become a criminal plummet to almost zero if he is raised by two loving parents. Two-parent families are also the most effective anti-poverty program.
One factor in the development of male homosexuality, according to Christian psychologists, is the absence of a father figure. The boy so yearns for a father's love that he becomes attracted to men. The effect of absent or emotionally distant fathers on daughters is that they so yearn for a father's love that they often become promiscuous."

Now, it must be said, that a two-parent family does not guarantee that children will grow up crime free, sexually pure, and wealthy! Neither is it guaranteed that a single-parent family will necessarily produce children who fail in these areas. Veith is simply pointing out an interesting statistical fact (a fact of science, if you will), and that is that when children are raised according to the way the Bible says they ought to be raised--i.e., in the confines of a home built around the love and commitment of a husband AND a wife--the problem areas of our 21st century world tend to be minimized, alleviated, and almost eliminated.