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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Focus Findings

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Are Kids Raised in Same-sex Homes Just Like Kids Raised by Mom and Dad?

Strong and reliable research show this widely reported “fact” is far from it.

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Does New Research Prove Kids do Better with Two Moms?

A new study from Australia claims to say kids do better with same-sex parents. Is it true?

Theology of Marriage and Family

An Annotated Bibliography.

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A Feminist Institution

What empowers women more than anything else? You might be surprised.

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Unmarried Birthrates Decline – First Time Since 1940

Out-of-wedlock births have taken a marked and sustained decline of late.

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Millennial Faith Participation and Retention

Many are quite pessimistic that today’s parents will be able to pass on lasting faith to their children.

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How Fertility Drives the Health of Nations

The sustainability of humankind’s oldest institution, the family & the fount of fertility, nurturance, and human capital & is now an open question.

Same-Sex Parenting, Child Sexual Orientation and Sexual Experiences

A central question regarding same-sex parenting is how it might impact the sexual orientation and identification of children raised in such homes.

Examining the US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study

A serious topic like is drastically deserving of more careful, less partisan research.

The Upside of Nagging

Given the difference in married and single men’s health outcomes, it appears — not surprisingly — that wives are more powerful in changing grown men’s behavior than even their own mothers.

The Health Benefits of Marriage

Many studies have shown that married adults have a greater likelihood of living longer than their unmarried counterparts.

The Rise of the Nones

Is it as Bad as it Sounds?

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Work/Family Balance

How Dads View (and live out) the Tension Between Their Jobs and Their Families.

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Why Is Mom Too Busy?

Historical and Social Influences that Push Mom to Over Schedule.

The Everyday Husband

Observations on the routines and Attitudes of Young Husbands.

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The Everyday Dad

Observations on the Routines and Attitudes of Young Fathers.

Got Religion?

How Different Perspectives on Religion Can Impact Fatherhood.

A Man and His Friends

The Struggles and Benefits of Making and Keeping Friends.

A Man and His Family

How Marriage and Fatherhood Play Out Through Family Routines.

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Divorce Rate in the Church – As High as the World?

Couples who regularly practice any combination of serious religious behaviors and attitudes enjoy significantly lower divorce rates.