Quite right, I don't have kids but can see that for the idea of Civilization to be meaningful it's institutions must favor Civilization's future over the very important individual futures of it's constituents. I do not think it is "right wing" to suggest that our Civilization does not favor families, the statistics you cite this moring are strong evidence that this is the case. It has been said that "we are all conservative", the question is whether we are conserving the past or the future.