While America currently has a dangerously low birthrate and too few traditional two-parent homes, a slow cultural reverse is occurring.

The West needs more mothers—with fathers—simply to sustain itself. The US birth rate is currently below 1.6 children per couple. (2.1 is needed to sustain the population).

Women are delaying marriage. Many are not having children and putting their careers first. Almost thirty percent of Gen Z women identify as LGBTQ+. There is also a current trend that sees women deciding to have children without fathers.

Over forty percent of births are paid for by Medicaid, which suggests that many are not just poor, but also single. One-quarter of American children are being raised in single-parent households. Divorce has become commonplace, as over 40% of first marriages end in divorce. The traditional family model is becoming the exception, as less than half of American children are being raised in a traditional, heterosexual, two-parent home.

Yet, with all that said, there are significant early trends and forces at work this Mother’s Day that are encouraging a return to the traditional family model.

Data show strong and increasing support for the traditional family in key religious sectors. Mormons, Evangelicals, and Orthodox Jews, for example, are marrying more frequently and are continuing to marry at younger ages than the national average. Many are also having more children than the national average. Additionally, the best defense against divorce appears to be marrying early without prior cohabitation and having the same religious path as one’s partner, which is often the case with these groups.

In terms of outcomes, children raised by both a mother and a father fare better across a variety of measures, both societal and academic. Children from traditional marriages are far less likely to have academic performance problems, anxiety, depression, obesity, and other issues than children raised by single parents or same-sex couples.

Traditional families seem to be emulating the biblical example. The role model family in the Bible almost always includes a father and a mother. “A man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife” is a foundational biblical principle (Genesis 2:24), emphasizing that marriage creates a new family unit.

Quite a few organizations are now actively working to support traditional marriage and family. Under the “Greater Than“ campaign umbrella, forty-seven different organizations are working to return public consciousness to the critical need a child has for both a father and a mother, one aligned with biblical values, regardless of the sometimes-understandable desires among single or same-sex parents.

The percentage of observant Jews is growing significantly, in part thanks to the outreach efforts of Chabad and others. Birth rates in the Orthodox Jewish world are generally four or more per family. All of this, God willing, is just the beginning of a wave that will help the West culturally reset itself and begin building a bright future, one traditional family at a time.

Yehezkel Schiff | May 10, 2026

Source: The West needs more mothers—with fathers – American Thinker