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Time to Get Serious About the 73 Percent Out-of-Wedlock Birth Rate

February 22nd, 2011 - By Christelyn Karazin
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A friend of mine in my blog network posted some information about a psychological coping strategy I’d never heard of before: normalcy bias.  It refers to a mental state some people experience in the face of an impending disaster and underestimate the possibility of devastation or destruction.  Think Hurricane Katrina.  Tornado Alley.  The black out-of-wedlock rate.

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