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February 14, 2024
Want To Slash Your Risk For Divorce? Start Going To Church
…better job of covering the true character of the faith and family connection. Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and professor of sociology…
February 14, 2024
Valentine’s Day Marred By Loneliness Crisis
This Valentine’s Day, the news is awash with stories of loneliness and atomisation among adults across the West. Though clinical attention has focused on this brewing crisis, the remedies are often misplaced….
February 14, 2024
Why You Should Get Married
…do.” Brad Wilcox is professor and director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and nonresident senior…
February 13, 2024
The Awfulness of Elite Hypocrisy on Marriage
…Growing up in a married home should not be a privilege reserved for the children of educated and affluent Americans. This article is adapted from Brad Wilcox’s new book, Get Married….
February 12, 2024
Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization
…Bradford Wilcox | Broadside Books | February 13, 2024 Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States W. Bradford Wilcox and Patrick T. Brown | Institute for Family Studies | December 15, 2023…
February 9, 2024
Don’t Buy the Soulmate Myth
Taylor Swift’s hit song “Lover” is the perfect anthem for this Valentine’s Day, especially since she is in the midst of a very public romance with her latest boyfriend, Travis…
January 12, 2024
What is the Utah “Family Miracle”?
…social institution, marriage, attractive and attainable to the men and women of the Beehive State. Which is why I am back in town. Brad Wilcox is professor of sociology and…
January 2, 2024
We Can Make Chicago Safer By Prioritizing Stronger Families
…Ph.D., is executive director of the Center for Poverty Solutions at the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative research group. Brad Wilcox, professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project at…
December 18, 2023
Kids aren’t for everyone. But it’s better for everyone if you have them.
…especially in the early years. W. Bradford Wilcox, a colleague of mine at the American Enterprise Institute who studies family structure, speculates that in an increasingly atomized society, parenthood is…
December 15, 2023
Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States
Introduction America’s system of federalism means that the is- sues that most directly impact the lives of parents and families are often most appropriately dealt with at the state level….