Morning Bell: Busting 5 Myths About the Minimum Wage
When someone says “minimum wage,” what comes to mind? Do you think of teenagers flipping burgers? Or a single parent trying to feed several kids?… Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Celebrate Marriage’s Many Benefits This Valentine’s Day
Married couples across the country will commemorate St. Valentine’s Day today by exchanging cards and flowers and raising a glass to love. But marriage also… Read More
Marriage: The Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
The collapse of marriage, along with a dramatic rise in births to single women, is the most important cause of childhood poverty—but government policy doesn’t… Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: The Dad Divide in Children’s Welfare
A recent New York Times article about the growing marriage and class divide in America featured two middle-class families in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the… Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: Mothers’ Religious Involvement Bolsters Children’s Well-Being
A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family examines how single mothers’ religious participation may influence their young children’s behavioral outcomes. Using a… Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: Marriage Protects Women and Children from Violence
New government data (PDF) reveals a continuing trend of declining marriage rates. More women have never been married, and cohabitation rates have increased steadily. And… Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Majority of Births to Women Under 30 Are to Single Moms
Unwed childbearing has been on the rise for more than five decades, and today more than 40 percent of U.S. children are born to single… Read More
Marriage in Middle America: Fair to Middling—and Struggling
A recent New York Times article points out that divorce rates—once highest in metropolitan, big city areas—are now creeping upward in Middle America: Forty years… Read More
New Survey on Abstinence and Sexual Activity: The Good News and the Bad News
On Thursday, The Washington Post heralded the findings of a new survey reporting on sexual activity in the United States. While the study pronounced such… Read More
The Poverty Solution: Marriage or Bust
Last week, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed that the U.S. just saw the largest annual increase in poverty recorded in our nation’s… Read More
