New research suggests the millennial generation is finally ready to settle down, get married and start a family – in that order.
That’s good news after years of disheartening trends. Ever since the sexual revolution, most of what we’ve heard about marriage has been bleak. Marriage scholar Brad Wilcox explains: “Since the 1960s, the rate of new marriages has fallen by more than 50 percent, and rates of divorce and single parenthood has more than doubled.”
Until recently, things haven’t shown signs of improving.