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Surgeon general’s dour picture of parenthood misses the mark
…the science, we’d say there are many such cases. Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS), professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, is…
Op-Ed
The Nanny State Is Not the Answer to Parents’ Challenges
…change,” the surgeon general writes. Too bad he has the wrong thing in mind. Naomi Schaefer Riley is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Brad Wilcox, a nonresident…
Op-Ed
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…
Op-Ed
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…
Op-Ed
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…
Op-Ed
The American heart is closing to marriage and family. Can red states change that?
…Florida could lead other states toward reopening the American heart to marriage and family. Brad Wilcox is a professor of sociology and the director of the National Marriage Project at…
Op-Ed
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…
Op-Ed
Back from the brink: The intellectual tide is turning on marriage and civil society
…of family structure.” But books by Melissa Kearney (“The Two-Parent Privilege”), Rob Henderson (“Troubled”) and Brad Wilcox (“Get Married”) underlining the value and importance of marriage and stable family life…
Op-Ed
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…
Op-Ed
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…
Op-Ed
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….
Article
Sacred Sex
…sense of sacredness leads not to depression and divorce court but to strong and satisfying unions—outside and inside the bedroom. Brad Wilcox, professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project at…