> The idea that the social apex has decided that family instability is unimportant is disproved by the numbers the author themselves shows. Henderson acknowled

> The idea that the social apex has decided that family instability is unimportant is disproved by the numbers the author themselves shows. Henderson acknowledges this explicitly. He spends a great deal of time pointing out the hypocrisy of wealthy Americans proclaiming that marriage is outmoded and unnecessary for raising children, yet mostly wait to get married before having children themselves.