Gone but not forgotten: households with children in them.
I'm not speaking about some "Children of the Corn" or "Torchwood" fantastical situation, but the fact that census numbers now show that the share of households with children in them dropped from 36% in 2000 to 33.5% in 2010 (the static number of 38 million stayed the same, but the population growth changed the percentages). And, according to today's news, even past stalwarts like Hispanic communities are experiencing a plummeting birthrate (some say because of the recession, others say it's the "Americanization" of this particular ethnic group).
Now that there are more households with dogs than with children in them, the kiddies whom Whitney believed were our future ... you are already missed.
SOME SAY THAT's VERY "GREEN" OF US:
http://www.ecosphericblog.com/1245/2010-census-u-s-has-more-dogs-than-kids/
MOST THINK IT's RELATED TO THE RECESSION:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-report-birth-rates-plummet-for-young-women-as-economy-worries-likely-keep-the-stork-away/2011/11/17/gIQA9qwiUN_story.html
MORE CATS -- BUT FEWER PLACES:
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pet_overpopulation/facts/pet_ownership_statistics.html
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