By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post - What do they mean by describing children and marriage as “penalties”? Well, they are stating their analysis from a purely materialistic perspective. A child, you see, sets a woman back in her career; it takes her years to recover lost ground, and in many cases, she never fully recovers her pre-family income and employment trajectory... Labeling a child as a “penalty” demeans the most important work a person can do — raising and nurturing children ....