Also divorce rates in churches are, sadly, similar to those outside of churches. This indicates that, while the church may have great potential at supporting families and helping relieve the strain of raising a family, this potential may not be fully realized.

Finally, the church has had a history of being viewed as bigoted, closed-minded, and exclusive. This was undeserved at times, but was also unfortunately accurate many other times.

For these and many other reasons, this is probably not a practical solution to the social problems brought up in Dr. Folbre's book. However, it should encourage analysis of the problem to a greater extent, and the consideration of heretofore-unconsidered ideas, due to the unconventional approach analyzed above.