SocietyCommentary
Cultural Woes Affect Our Economy, Too
A thriving society needs a strong economy. The reverse is just as true: A healthy economy is built on a vibrant culture that promotes individual… Read More
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A thriving society needs a strong economy. The reverse is just as true: A healthy economy is built on a vibrant culture that promotes individual… Read More
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New data confirm that the intact family protects children. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children living… Read More
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Children living with married opposite-sex parents were more likely to graduate from high school than peers living with cohabiting, single, or same-sex parents, according to… Read More
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Primary schoolchildren in married heterosexual households are 35 percent more likely to make typical school progress than peers in same-sex households, according to a new… Read More
Parents instinctively know that the over-sexualized culture promoted by Hollywood is not healthy for their teens. A recent study in the academic journal Psychological Science… Read More
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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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The abstinent minority has now become the majority. Over the last two decades, teens have become more likely to remain sexually abstinent. According to the… Read More
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Fact: According to the latest National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 53 percent of high school students have remained sexually abstinent. Indeed, in the last two… Read More
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Summertime often means more family time, and that’s good news. Research consistently shows a strong association between spending time as a family and adolescent well-being…. Read More
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Two peer-reviewed articles published Sunday in a scholarly journal cast doubt on a core assumption used to advance same-sex marriage. A number of studies and… Read More
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Marriage, these days, is getting bad press. For example, a string of recent headlines claim that living together is healthier than marriage, citing a study… Read More
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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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Recent headlines, heralding the findings of a new government study, claim that “living together before marriage no longer predicts divorce” or that cohabitation before marriage… Read More
Marriage is antiquated and on its ways out, and cohabitation is the relationship of the future, the relationally avant-garde would have us believe. Take a… Read More
February 7-14, 2012 is National Marriage Week. During this week, a series of blogs explores the latest trends in marriage and their implications for adults,… Read More
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High-quality social science research shows that marriage is associated with a number of health benefits. Studies indicate a strong link between marriage and mental health,… Read More
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For many, the end of the holiday season and the beginning of a new year activates a new (or old) set of resolutions. A healthier… Read More
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Despite the increasing effort to strike “Christmas” from our common vocabulary, 91 percent of Americans say that they personally celebrate the holiday, according to a… Read More
There is some good news about the rate of teenage parenthood in America. It’s on the decline again. According to a new report released by… Read More
Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary U.S. birth data for 2008. A flurry of news stories followed. Two statistics dominated… Read More
“No family change has come to the fore in modern times more dramatically, and with such rapidity, as heterosexual cohabitation outside of marriage,” writes David… Read More
Abstinence education is back in the headlines, prompted by a new study that shows such intervention can reduce teen sexual activity in the long term…. Read More
A new study concludes that abstinence-only education had a significant and long-term effect in reducing teen sexual activity. “The abstinence-only intervention reduced sexual initiation,” reports… Read More
Father’s Day is just around the corner and presents a great opportunity to appreciate all that fathers do. This month, Heritage’s FamilyFacts, which catalogs social… Read More
