Guess Who's to Blame for the Sorry State of Families?

It takes more than a gaudy economic boom to relieve Americans’ unease about the country’s social fabric. A national survey by Wirthlin Worldwide examines that anxiety as reflected in people’s views on the strength of families these days. For starters, the shifting definitions and compositions of family have not weakened people’s sense of its importance: 92 percent of respondents agreed with the statement, “Families stand at the center of our society. We can only go forward in this country if families and family values are strengthening.”