Richard Reeves and Ian Rowe debate the question, “Does strengthening fatherhood depend upon renewing marriage in America?”

In his recent book, Of Boys and Men, Brookings Senior Fellow Richard Reeves argues that the institution of fatherhood must be revitalized in order to promote successful outcomes for boys and men, even if it means separating the institution of fatherhood from that of marriage. Ian Rowe, American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow and author of Agency, disagrees and argues that effective fatherhood cannot be separated from the institution of marriage and that in order to revitalize fatherhood, the institution of marriage must also be strengthened in order to promote successful outcomes for children. American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the National Marriage Project at UVA, W. Bradford Wilcox moderated the discussion between Reeves and Rowe that explores the question, “Does strengthening fatherhood depend on renewing marriage in America?”