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Britain is the European capital of broken homes as worst teenage pregnancy and single-parent household rates revealed Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297268/Britain-Euro pean-capital-broken-homes.html#ixzz0udtiPV8k A horrifying picture of the extent of Broken Britain has been painted by an international report which exposes our moral failure on family values. The study found we have the worst record on teen pregnancy in Europe and more children living in one-parent families than any other European country. More of our single mothers are unemployed and on benefit than anywhere else in the continent, largely because we hand out so much in benefits. Britain’s rates for divorce and illegitimate births are among the highest in the Western world, and our mothers are among the oldest, putting their health and that of their baby at risk. Critics said the UK is paying the price for its promotion of sex education to ever younger children and for the fact that, since the permissive society of the 1960s, so few value the institution of marriage. The report, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents industrialised nations, is the first time that Britain’s poor record has been illustrated so starkly. It shows: -->Our teenage pregnancy rate is the worst in Europe and the fifth worst in the Western world; -->The proportion of children living in single-parent families is the worst in Europe and behind only the United States; -->The proportion of lone parents out of work is the highest in Europe and the second in the industrialised world; -->The divorce rate is the fourth highest in Europe; -->The number of illegitimate births is the sixth highest in the continent. Norman Wells, of Family and Youth Concern which researches the causes and consequences of family breakdown, said: ‘These figures paint a gloomy picture of a society that values the short-lived pleasure of casual sexual relationships more highly than the lifelong commitment signified by marriage. |
