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June 20, 2025
What Kids Need—and Adults Need to Know—to Combat the Youth Mental Health Crisis
…Give,” features a young Black girl who became an activist after her friend is murdered by a police officer. In the course of his research on “primal beliefs,” Robert Pondiscio…
May 6, 2024
How States and Communities Can Strengthen Marriages
Family is the greatest source of social capital, providing the setting in which people grow, develop, and anchor their lives. Stable and healthy marriages are at the foundation of strong…
December 13, 2023
Stronger Families, Safer Streets
…family. Drawing on the work of scholars like Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson—who found that “(f)amily structure is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, predictors of … urban violence…
September 18, 2023
No Culture Wars, Please, We’re Academics
…versus unmarried mothers, even when the married and unmarried mothers are the same age and have the same levels of education.” From Charles Murray to Robert Putnam, Thomas Sowell to…
September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
…Joseph Price at BYU and Robert Lerman at the Urban Institute. And when it comes to a school’s climate, research on family and education indicates that children from stable, intact, two-parent…
August 17, 2023
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…and Robert Lerman at the Urban Institute, as well as Brad Wilcox at the University of Virginia, indicates, for instance, that one of the top predictors of economic performance across…
August 14, 2023
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
…Joseph Price at Brigham Young University and Robert Lerman at the Urban Institute, as well as Brad Wilcox at the University of Virginia, indicates that one of the top predictors…
November 13, 2019
Work, Family, and Community
Abstract The contributions to this volume make clear that the social safety net in the United States is large, complex, and robust. In this reflection, we offer insights into the…