Helen Fisher Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young... This whole idea of 'it takes a village to raise a child' is exactly how we're supposed to live.

  Helen Fisher

  Mother, Baby, Children

  "Motherhood 2.0: It takes an (online) village" by Adrienne Mand Lewin, www.today.com. October 12, 2009.

• A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man.

  Helen Fisher

  Children, Commitment, Years

  "After All of the Celebrity Divorces, Do You Still Have Faith in Marriage?" by Sarah Wildman, www.glamour.com. April 2, 2012.

• Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

  Helen Fisher

  Children, Average, Europe

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