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October 12, 2023
The GOP Should Be the Party of Parents
…would enable many more families to afford the one-time costs associated with adoption. States should make similar benefits available and simplify the legal process involved. Social conservatives are also well…
October 12, 2023
Now the Administration Is Legislating on Welfare, Too
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF is the cash welfare block grant Congress created…
October 2, 2023
Growing Up in Intact Families Matters More Than Ever
Stable, two-parent families have always mattered for kids. But today, we have new evidence that they may matter more than ever. A new study from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) indicates…
September 27, 2023
The Good and Bad News About Boys and Men in Utah
Utah is doing exceptionally well on most metrics. The state is booming population-wise, with an almost 7 percent increase in population since 2018. Unemployment remains below the national average and the Beehive State’s economy…
September 21, 2023
The Two-Parent Advantage
…odds that more mothers and fathers will give their kids the benefit of being raised by married parents. W. Bradford Wilcox, professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project…
September 21, 2023
How Health Policy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…they were in some kind of danger. Lawsuits by parents over their children’s suicides are not uncommon. From a soccer goalie at Stanford to a basketball star at Canisius College…
September 21, 2023
How Health Privacy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…they were in some kind of danger. Lawsuits by parents over their children’s suicides are not uncommon. From a soccer goalie at Stanford to a basketball star at Canisius College…
September 20, 2023
Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?
…1996; W. Bradford Wilcox and Kathleen Kovner Kline. Gender and Parenthood. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. 11. Adam Blandin and Christopher Herrington, “Family Heterogeneity, Human Capital Investment, and College Attainment,” American Economic…
September 18, 2023
Overregulated Childcare: Wisconsin’s 2023-’25 Biennial Budget and the Path Ahead
…in Wisconsin while maintaining a regulatory framework that drives up costs for families without much evidence of effectiveness. Alternatively, Republicans added funds to the budget to help families afford care,…
September 18, 2023
There’s an Easy Fix That Would Solve Our Housing Crisis: Light Touch Density
…earners could afford. For example, in New England in 1940, duplexes, triple deckers, and four-plexes comprised one-third of the region’s housing stock and offered naturally affordable housing to the masses….