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How Good for Children is the Good Divorce?

How Good for Children Is the 'Good Divorce'? Surprising Findings on Educational Attainment and Marital Success

My Daddy's Name is Donor : A Pathbreaking New Study of Young Adults Conceived Through Sperm Donation

In the U.S., an estimated 30,000-60,000 children are born each year through sperm donation, but this number is only an educated guess. Neither the industry nor any other entity in the U.S. is required to report on these vital statistics. Most strikingly, there is almost no reliable evidence, in any ...

The Shift and the Denial : Scholarly Attitudes toward Family Change, 1977-2002

Many Americans have been questioning the importance of marriage, and the rift among scholars has allowed both progressives and traditionalists to claim that the experts are on their side. Over the past 20 years, have leading scholars reached a consensus on marriage?

The Consequences of Marriage for African Americans : A Comprehensive Literature Review

Scholars still lack a comprehensive understanding of the consequences of marriage for African Americans. This report seeks to close that knowledge gap.

Does Moving After Divorce Damage Kids?

The "move-away" issue is politically red-hot today – especially in California, where important court decisions on the issue are expected soon, but also in other family courts across the country. The debate is quite polarized, with those who support the independence of divorced mothers pitted a...

Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Hoping for Mr. Right : College Women on Mating and Dating Today

Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Hoping for Mr. Right" describes the attitudes and values of today's college women regarding sexuality, dating, courtship, and marriage. Marriage is a major life goal for the majority of today's college women, and most would like to meet a spouse while at college; however...

Look Closely at 'Good News' on Divorce

Today, even if I was raised in an intact family, I see divorce and its consequences all around me. One result is a weakening of the ideal of marital permanence. Nearly three decades into the modern divorce revolution, it would be good news indeed if researchers were to discover that the divorce rate...

Courtship and Marital Choice : Why They Are Important and What We Need to Learn About Them

New Book Challenges Assumption about Divorce

Today most people, including virtually all professionals who study and counsel families, have abandoned the belief that parents should stay together until their kids are grown. The currently prevailing view is that parental unhappiness is worse for children than parental divorce: It is better for pa...

Keeping It Together : New Book Challenges Assumption About Divorce

There is clear appeal in the notion that whatever parents do to be happy is also best for their children. However, this belief may often be little more than self-comforting denial. The time has come to recognize that the contemplation of divorce often involves choices between self-interest and self-...

Two Parents, Even Unhappy, Are Better

There is clear appeal in the notion that whatever parents do to be happy is best for their children. But this belief may be little more than self-comforting denial. The contemplation of divorce often involves choices between self-interest and self-giving, between desires and obligations.

Marriage Is Not a Dirty Word

What are scholars teaching the next generation about marriage? On behalf of the Council on Families, I recently conducted a study of 20 of the most current and widely available college-level textbooks on marriage and family life. As someone who has taught these courses for more than 20 years, I was ...

Marriage Is Not a Dirty Word

What are scholars teaching the next generation about marriage? On behalf of the Council on Families, I recently conducted a study of 20 of the most current and widely available college-level textbooks on marriage and family life. As someone who has taught these courses for more than 20 years, I was ...