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October 31, 2024
The Republican Marriage Advantage: Partisanship, Marriage, And Family Stability In The Trump Era
…Republicans and Democrats in this same age group, according to combined GSS data from 2016 to 2022. Which Party Has More Stable, Two-Parent Families? Several scholars and journalists have argued…
June 13, 2024
Why Married Fathers Matter
…States. Meanwhile, young men are much more likely to be denizens of the basement or, even worse, prison or jail. What accounts for this male malaise? Education scholars Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Stephen…
May 1, 2024
The closing of the American heart
…down from more than 85% in the 1950s. Judging by scholarship by Melissa Kearney (2023), Paul Amato (2005), and Sara McLanahan and Isabel Sawhill (2015), there is no question that the concern I had was merited….
March 4, 2024
As the family goes, so goes the state. Utah gets this
…of what strong families contribute to society is reflected in Utah policymaking during the 2024 legislative session. For example, lawmakers enacted legislation — informed by scholarship from the Sutherland Institute and the…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…in itself is more than sufficient to raise fine sons,” said psychologist Peggy Drexler of Cornell University. But in recent years, we have seen a growing recognition from scholars and…
November 27, 2023
For kids, marriage still matters
The science could not be clearer: On average, the children of married parents are more likely to experience happier, healthier and more successful lives. Brookings Institution scholar Melissa Kearney powerfully…
October 27, 2023
What liberals don’t understand about men and marriage
…Marriage Project, is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. He is the author of the forthcoming book…
September 21, 2023
The Two-Parent Advantage
…us that a stable, married family still gives children a leg up in life. I was thinking of surveys of family scholarship like this one from the Brookings-Princeton journal, Future of Children, reporting…
September 20, 2023
Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?
…leaves everyone better off, including the children.”3 Meanwhile, some family scholars have speculated that “the consequences of divorce should become smaller when the divorce rates increase, because the higher these…
September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
…Studies and a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. David Bass is the director of communications for the Institute for Family Studies. Derek Monson is chief growth officer at Sutherland…