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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
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…
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…
Op-Ed
Is The Collapse of Blue-Collar Marriage a Foregone Conclusion?
…from the Institute for Family Studies by Brad Wilcox and Grant Martsolf of the University of Pittsburgh, a closer look at working-class men’s jobs, in both the public and private…
Op-Ed
What’s holding women back from starting a family?
…Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Brad Wilcox is Distinguished University Professor and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and senior nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise…
Op-Ed
Musk’s High-Tech Polygamy Is a Dead End
Elon Musk told a conference in Saudi Arabia last year that his listeners “should view the birthrate as the single biggest problem [we] need to solve. If you don’t make new humans,…
Op-Ed
Utah Hands Parents the Keys to the App Store
Two devoted Utah parents experienced the unthinkable in 2022: They lost their 14-year-old son—a warm, football-loving boy—to suicide. In the painful days that followed, as they searched for answers, they…
Op-Ed
How State Policymakers Can Save the Nuclear Family
…suggest the blue state family model is perceived as more family unfriendly, today, to Americans interested in starting, growing or raising a family. Brad Wilcox is the Future of Freedom…
Op-Ed
Progressives Are Starting to Come Around on the Importance of Marriage and Fatherhood
…be coming around on the importance of reviving this package deal. Brad Wilcox is the Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and the author of “Get…