Are Marriage and Children a thing of the past?

It all seems so unproductive, expensive, and incompatible with today's world.Are Marriage and Children a thing of the past?
There are still plenty of people getting married and having kids. That won't change.





However, birthrates tend to fall the more advanced a culture gets. Partly because when women are educated, they have options other than giving birth until they die (that's good). Partly because educated people better understand the implications of having children. And partly also because having kids is expensive.





If you're a poor farmer, having a herd of children makes you richer because there are more hands to work the fields. If you're an educated white-collar worker, there are no financial benefits to having kids. Children are personal liabilities in rich cultures, from a purely economic standpoint. Yet the urge to reproduce is a strong one, and that won't change.Are Marriage and Children a thing of the past?
There was acually a recent article out that was saying that the average American households are changing. The majority of households will be couples, followed by single people, and then couples with children. People are sadly not as religious as in the past and many choose to simply date and live with their significant other rather than get married. And many people are choosing to have fewer children later in life. The world is changing and people are more focused on their careers, social lives, etc. Also, with advances in medicine, people are living longer and able to have children later in life. This allows people to put it off longer so they can ';have a life'; first.





But people will always get married and most definitely always have children. It is expensive, but it is very much worth it if you find the right person and work hard. It is compatible with today's society, it just happens later in life. It's not a thing of the past but your typical married couple with two kids and a white picket fence are becoming more of a minority in the US as compared to the majority it has been for so long.





Times are changing.
It depends on how you feel as a person. I feel as though family is still very important in today's society. I believe that the reason why people are all jacked up, going around having babies by whomever and using the system to get by is all because of the lack of a family system. So no, it isn't unproductive or incompatible, just maybe for you and many others, I dont know, I can ony speak for myself.
It's been noted the divorce rate is 50 %. It's also speculative it's actually 75 %, basically a failed institution.





The reason many support marriage is with the union of 2 people and the probability of off-spring allows our environment to grow. With out it , people would not work to better ones self and diminish our growth potential - it would be more of an existence type culture.





Until someone addresses our divorce laws and make changes to reflect our current life expectancies, we're going to continue to see dismal marriage / divorce statistics.
I wouldn't say they are things of the past but you will see an increase in singles. Many of the jobs today (mainly involving business and other money making corps.) that are greatly sought after are very fast paced and time consuming. Most families anymore don't have time to sit down for dinner together, I would agree with you that the family life is definitely changing, but most certainly not becoming a thing of the past so to speak.
I believe marriage is a thing of the past, but the children keep coming. The only problem with the kids is most of them do not live in a happy home, and really don't know what a two parent house is suppose to be like. To many kids are without one or the other parent in their life and don't have a good balance.
Marriage is, and has been for a long time. Children, no...there are single people with sometimes 3 kids from 3 different dads walking around.





A lot of people move in, have a child (or the other way around), followed by more kids, possibly, get the house the car and THEN get married.





I've seen more sucess when it's done the opposite way (meaning marriage first, then the rest).





If it's not for you, it's not for you. It's not a rule. But more people than not want to get married and have kids.
If children become a thing of the past the human race will die out.
No marriage is great. Children well you should wait a few years. That is all I am saying:)
How old are you? Seriously.
yes, very expensive, but ur children gives u bragging rights if they turn out the way u want. If not, well... It's worth the gamble, right?