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This Week on Family-Studies.org

Political commentator Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review weighed in on Marco Rubio’s plan for reforming Social Security, and W. Bradford Wilcox discussed the impact of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs on marriage and the family. Other contributors explained how we can make low-income jobs more family-friendly and why some young adults deeply hurt by their parents’ break-up are nonetheless reluctant to marry before having kids themselves.

How Pensions Shape Families

by Ramesh Ponnuru

Senator Marco Rubio’s proposal to reform Social Security matters not only for retirement security but also for family formation: It should yield a modest increase in the investment in human capital that is child-rearing.

Making Work Pay (for Children)

by Anna Sutherland

Parents’ employment usually offers many benefits to their kids—but under certain circumstances, that’s not the case. Here’s how we can ensure that work pays off not just for adults but also for children.

Marriage and the American Dream

by W. Bradford Wilcox

We can’t be sure of the origins of our retreat from marriage, but the welfare state seems to reinforce it. And so despite the many government programs launched in the past few decades, the American Dream remains distant for many.

Focused on Kids, But Not Marriage

by David Lapp

Why young adults who were hurt by their parents’ split, and hope to do better for their own children, still aren’t eager to marry: they’ve never witnessed a happy, long-lasting marriage in their families and communities.

IFS Around the Web

Senior fellows Scott Stanley and W. Bradford Wilcox will speak at next month’s National Association for Relationship & Marriage Education Conference, which you can register to attend here. Dr. Wilcox also recently participated in an Expert Group Meeting in observation of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family.
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