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Op-Ed
Are Big Families the Solution to Declining Fertility?
…start having children, the thinking goes, a more fruitful approach is to encourage current parents to add to their brood. As pronatalists Daniel Hess and Paul Morland enthusiastically suggest, “People who…
Article
The Shifting Composition Of SNAP Households
…as Brad Wilcox and his coauthors caution, the picture is not uniformly positive. Overall, marriage rates continue to decline, suggesting that while marriage as the preferred institution for raising children…
Op-Ed
The New Era for Nonprofits: America’s Old System of Federally Funded Nonprofits is Gone. What Comes Next?
…its inherent risks. Liberals like Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Independent Sector President Brian O’Connell warned that nonprofits’ growing reliance on government funding threatened their ability to serve as…
Op-Ed
Are conservative women embracing the ‘Supermom’ ideal?
…Brad Wilcox is director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, senior fellow of the Institute for Family Studies and a Deseret News contributor. Ken Burchfiel is…
Article
Is Marriage Back? Divorce Is Down, Family Stability Is Up
…not just to children but also to adult men and women across the nation. Brad Wilcox is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, Senior Fellow at the Institute for…
Article
Divorce In Decline: About 40% Of Today’s Marriages Will End In Divorce
…Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies. Brad Wilcox is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and nonresident Senior Fellow at the…
Op-Ed
Better Boys: The Difference Good Dads Make
…benefit from the presence of an active and engaged good dad in their lives. Brad Wilcox is a distinguished university professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and a…
Op-Ed
The ‘Father Divide’ and What it Means for Our Kids
…school. Brad Wilcox is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and the author of “Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families and…
Report
Good Fathers, Flourishing Kids: The Importance of Fatherhood in Virginia
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Article
How AI Will Harm Working-Class Families
Donald Trump rose to power in large part by appealing to working-class men. He was able to channel their frustration with trade deals and automation that destroyed working-class jobs, helped fuel thousands of deaths of despair, and…
Op-Ed
Out of Work and On the Dole — Is Uncle Sam Contributing to Young Men’s Malaise?
…Brad Wilcox wrote in his book “Get Married,” young men are “more likely to end up idle, to work less, and to earn less money if they came from a…