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> Also willing to bet these cases of teen moms and alcoholic parents will be much more prevalent among the poorer classes in India than in the west in general.
by naruvimama 5y ago
> Also willing to bet these cases of teen moms and alcoholic parents will be much more prevalent among the poorer classes in India than in the west in general.
Precisely why the social restrictions exist. Alcohol has been a taboo in most parts of the country until the recent 2 decades with "westernisation".
> Are they, really? Do you have a source?
About 25% of children in the US are in single parent families. By itself isn't bad, but the cascading effects on society may be significant.
- dartharva 5y agoBut how do you know these social restrictions prevent those vices? If anything, not having the freedom to choose one's spouse is bound to produce worse effects. A child would be much better off in a single-parent family than in a toxic household where the couple was basically forced together by their parents. Most of those 25% of American single-parent children live considerable better and happier than their Indian counterparts.
- naruvimama 5y agoIn a wealthy society an abandoned child is the states responsibility, a country like India just does not have the resources. So this falls on the society, so you get social restrictions.