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June 13, 2025
Good Fathers, Flourishing Kids: The Importance of Fatherhood in Virginia
…new report from an intellectually diverse group of scholars at the University of Virginia, the American Enterprise Institute, the American Institute for Boys and Men, the Brookings Institution, the National…
February 18, 2025
Family-Friendly Policies for the 119th Congress
…plenty of policies to make America more family friendly. In this compilation, various AEI scholars offer a small sampling of such policies. AEI, of course, does not take institutional positions,…
January 10, 2025
Marriage: America’s Keystone Institution
…than ever for the well-being of children and adults, at least on some outcomes. Scholars, journalists, professionals, and policymakers should not only take note of marriage’s rising value, but they…
December 13, 2023
Stronger Families, Safer Streets
…family. Drawing on the work of scholars like Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson—who found that “(f)amily structure is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, predictors of … urban violence…
May 26, 2023
The Power of the Success Sequence
Introduction The “Success Sequence,” a formula to help young adults succeed in America, has been discussed widely in recent years, including by Brookings Institution scholars Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill….