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Watching a DailyWire clip and the endless TikTok reels about Gen Z “divorcing more” is the latest cultural panic made for clicks, but the real data tells a different story: divorce among the youngest age groups has fallen dramatically compared with past decades. Researchers who track refined divorce rates show the biggest declines are among people aged 15 to 24, and official Census reporting confirms overall marriage and divorce rates have dropped in recent years, not surged into chaos.
That said, social media gives the appearance of a crisis because every heartbreak becomes viral and every breakup a moral lecture. Legal commentators and some law firms are reporting that modern divorces — especially involving younger adults — are more legally complicated thanks to social media footprints and digital assets like cryptocurrency, which creates messy fights over tiny, volatile fortunes. Those new complexities may make each case more dramatic, even if the overall number of splits is not exploding.
Let’s be blunt: whether divorce statistics are up or down, the cultural rot that normalizes easy exits from marriage is real and it’s hurting our country. Hookup culture, rampant cohabitation without commitment, and a generation raised on performance and validation from strangers online have hollowed out the institutions that used to bind families together. Conservatives should call this out plainly — applause for “self-care” that ends in broken homes is not progress, it’s a slow-motion collapse of the social fabric that raised the middle class.
It’s also true that fewer young people are marrying at all, and those who do tend to do it later — which is associated with more stable unions. The Census and demographic analysts report falling marriage rates and shifting ages at first marriage, so we’re seeing a society that either postpones marriage or rejects it, rather than one that rushes into it and then divorces en masse. Those trends matter because policy responses need to focus on strengthening marriage and family formation, not cheering on their dissolution.
Meanwhile, the digital-era fallout is real: divorce searches and app data suggest people are Googling help more than ever, and lawyers warn that prenups, hidden accounts, and social-media drama add legal and emotional cost. That uptick in searches and legal headaches doesn’t mean Gen Z invented divorce — it means modern technology makes splits nastier and more public, which feeds the perception of crisis and creates new vulnerabilities for men, women, and children caught in the middle.
If you care about conservative values, the remedy is simple and hard: promote strong marriages, teach responsibility, and rebuild communities that support families. That means honest conversations about money, faith, and expectations before walking down the aisle, and it means public policy that rewards stable families — not subsidies for isolation or programs that treat marriage as optional. We should push for civic institutions and cultural norms that value sacrifice, fidelity, and the long view over instant gratification and performative independence.
Don’t let viral videos and celebrity anecdotes convince you we’re helpless. The data shows young people are marrying less and divorcing less as a group, but the cultural forces pushing them away from lifelong commitment are powerful and persuasive. Conservatives must fight to restore marriage as a pillar of society — because strong families make stronger communities, safer neighborhoods, and a freer nation worth passing down to the next generation.
