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August 15, 2024
Women Want More Children Than They’re Having. America Can Do More to Help
…Institute for Family Studies. Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS on X), a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies…
July 29, 2024
The Rise of ‘Marriage Deserts’ and What We Can Do About Them
…are more likely to be found in some communities rather than in others. As one of us (Brad Wilcox) asked in his book, “Get Married”: “Why is it, for instance, that a…
June 18, 2024
Donald Trump is an Outlier on the Right: When It Comes to Fidelity and Marriage, Democrats Face Bigger Problems
…simply their problem, but—given that a large minority of young women now identify with the left—America’s problem as well. Brad Wilcox, nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and director…
June 13, 2024
The Family-to-Prison-or-College Pipeline: Married Fathers and Young Men’s Transition to Adulthood
…are more likely to be exposed to unrelated adults, especially males, who pose a greater risk of being neglectful or even abusive to them, as Brad Wilcox noted in his…
June 13, 2024
Why Married Fathers Matter
…middle school graduation but taking a degree home from a place like Princeton rather than spending time in prison. Brad Wilcox is a professor and director of the National Marriage…
May 1, 2024
The closing of the American heart
…And not just for the sake of the children, but for the sake of the men and women across America. Brad Wilcox is a professor and director of the National…
March 8, 2024
Jason Kelce, Family Man
…the benefits of marriage and family. In other words, a good family man. * * * Brad Wilcox is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and…
March 4, 2024
As the family goes, so goes the state. Utah gets this
…of social capital and self-reported happiness. Brad Wilcox’s new book, “Get Married,” tells us that no group of men and women are as happy as married moms and dads in…
March 4, 2024
The state of the union isn’t strong because of the state of our unions
Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president, is justly famous for underlining the importance of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” for our new nation in the Declaration of Independence….
February 16, 2024
Marriage is Key to Living Your Best Life
America is living in a time of rising anti-marriage sentiment. Voices on the political fringes—both left and right—claim that “there is no advantage to marriage in the Western world for…