It's hard to convince large swathes of progressive America of this fact. Lots of possible cause/effect: child-free lifestyles, exalting the even modestly well-

It's hard to convince large swathes of progressive America of this fact. Lots of possible cause/effect: child-free lifestyles, exalting the even modestly well-off who choose to leave their children nothing, long-established families who have lost a living connection to their immigrant forebears, etc. "Families are always rising and falling in America."