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February 21, 2025
Hope And A Future: Forging Strong And Stable Families In Ohio, 2025
…Virtue (CCV) and the Institute for Family Studies (IFS). The index, which is based on trends in marriage, family stability, and fertility and is introduced for the first time in…
February 18, 2025
Why So Blue: Liberal Women Are Less Happy, More Lonely. But Why?
…their conservative peers. Specifically, we found that 37% of conservative women reported being “completely satisfied” with life, whereas only 12% of liberal women did. Young conservative women are three times as likely…
February 18, 2025
Family-Friendly Policies for the 119th Congress
Key Points American birth rates have hit record lows, but Americans still say they want children. Family formation seems unattainable to many parents. There is no single federal policy that…
February 10, 2025
For Better: Four Proven Ways To A Strong And Stable Marriage
…leftwing journalists like Amy Shearn, who tells us in The New York Times that “Married motherhood in America… is a game no one wins,” and rightwing online influencers like Andrew Tate, who claim…
January 30, 2025
American Greatness Depends on Strong Families
…in line with J.D. Vance’s proposal during the campaign when he reminded voters that “President Trump has been on the record for a long time supporting a bigger child tax credit” but…
January 14, 2025
The Pornography Industry Should Not Be Allowed This Much Access to Our Children
…seeking out and viewing these types of harmful online sexual materials. It is time for our culture to come to terms with the inconsistency of valuing the dignity of women…
December 11, 2024
The Often Overlooked Link Between Drug Use and Family Decline
…sake of their family’s economic prospects and safety, it was important to have a man who was sober most of the time. He would support his family and he would…
December 2, 2024
The Pursuit of Happiness Starts with Families: A Conversation Between Brad Wilcox and Gov. Spencer Cox
…clear on this. When it’s three o’clock in the morning and you have a sick kid who’s screaming — not the happiest times, right? But over time, for sure, and…
September 17, 2024
The Blue State Family Exodus: Families Are Migrating to Red and Purple States
You would think that Minnesota is a mecca for families, judging by the adulatory press coverage that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s family policy record in the state has received from…
September 12, 2024
Surgeon general’s dour picture of parenthood misses the mark
…“time demands” and a greater “risk of mental health conditions.” At the same time, Murthy conveys virtually nothing, and certainly no research, about the many up sides to being a…