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December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
…the Institute for Family Studies has heard from lawmakers around the country that they aim to follow suit in 2024. Utah’s legislative boldness has kicked off a revolution in how…
October 27, 2023
What liberals don’t understand about men and marriage
…She is a former senior researcher at Pew Research Center and received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland. Elizabeth Self is outreach coordinator at the Institute for Family Studies….
July 17, 2023
The Problem with Lived Experience
…Verghese, whose group includes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MacKenzie Scott, and the Skoll Foundation, says this shift has been “the result of generations of change makers calling on…
July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…should torment policymakers today. One way that policy can potentially reverse this trend is by addressing the ways that our safety net has weakened marital childbearing and childrearing. But we…
June 30, 2023
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
…is a family-friendly contingent among congressional Republicans in the Senate, led by figures such as Sens. Marco Rubio, Marsha Blackburn, Mitt Romney, Mike Lee, and J.D. Vance. These lawmakers recognize…
February 27, 2023
China’s Revolution in Family Structure: A Huge Demographic Blind Spot with Surprises Ahead
…on existing demographic data. Because statistics on family networks are not collected in China (or almost anywhere else), this area represents a blind spot for policymakers—a potentially fateful one, as…
November 13, 2019
Work, Family, and Community
…guide policy-makers and analysts moving forward, and we comment on challenges and potential solutions offered in this collection of work. We conclude with some suggestions for how the safety net…