Watching A Generation Waste Away: SYLVIA ANN HEWLETT

Economist SYLVIA ANN HEWLETT argues that America is callously treating its youth like excess baggage and throwing away its future prosperity

Q. Feminists call you a backslider and a traitor, conservatives say you sound like a big-spending liberal, and liberals say you sound like a reactionary. Why do so many different groups attack you?

A. Because I am extremely concerned about what is happening to the American family. Those of us in the sane center are always being clobbered by both the left and the right. We think of ourselves as a nation that cherishes its children, but, in fact, America treats its children like excess baggage. In all other countries, childbirth is seen as an event that is vitally important to...

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