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Why Teach Philanthropy — and how?
Americans appear uniquely to value civil society responses to social problems, contributing generously through philanthropic means of their time, talent, and especially, treasure. As observers since de Tocqueville have discovered, when Americans identify a concern their instinct seems to be to form ...
The Hazzards' of Marriage, Family, and Faith
Our new report calls pastors and lay people to recognize that the children of divorce in our midst often feel like the General Lee before a commercial break, held aloft in a canyon-spanning jump, the Waylon Jennings voiceover expressing their anxiety: "As I leap from Dad's world to Mom's world, who ...
A Choice Between Feeding Your Children or Getting Married
Removing marriage penalties for low-income Americans is one step toward rebuilding our middle class. Another is removing the savings penalties that also plague our welfare system. And a third, as President Obama is urging, is raising the minimum wage. With these and similar steps, we can once again ...
What faith means for families
A key feature of renewing family ministries will be to get marriage ministries right–to help prepare and support married couples so that there are fewer children of divorce to begin with. Our findings show that it is especially critical for churches to help couples work through moderate difficu...
The President's Marriage Agenda for the Forgotten 60% – with Elizabeth Marquardt
Amy Ziettlow and Elizabeth Marquardt discuss the 2012 State of our Unions report, "The President's Marriage Agenda for the Forgotten 60%."
Can the First Husband talk about marriage?
At its root, the decline of marriage in Middle America imperils the middle class and fosters a society of winners and losers. Those born to married, well-educated parents are increasingly likely to have the same advantages when they become adults, graduating from four-year colleges and establishing ...
Is Halloween Good or Bad for Civil Society?
And yet... Halloween is the only time of year that dozens and dozens of children knock on my door. The only time that I see or meet many of my neighbors. The only time I've ever gone walking with neighbors through darkened, child–friendly streets, accompanying our children door–to–doo...
California Should Not Pass "Multiple Parents" Bill
There are better ways to protect children without conferring full parental status on three or more people. The doctrine of "equitable estoppel" has been used to prevent adults from shedding responsibility for children they promised to support. More explicit agreements between adults agreeing to shar...
Both Parties Disappoint
Sex is a public as well as private matter, because the next generation comes from sex. Marriage, too, is rightfully a public matter because having two married parents powerfully predicts whether a child will thrive. Leaders in both parties fall short in recognizing these basic facts.
Amendment goes too far
If you want to create a backlash against mother–father marriage – if you want to convince people that the real agenda of marriage advocates is not protecting marriage, but ignoring and ostracizing gay people – then this amendment might be to your liking. But we believe that the cause ...
Elderly Murder-Suicide: Should We Praise Old Men Who Kill Their Wives and Themselves?
Why do men kill their sick wives and then themselves? Sometimes this might be an act of desperation by a caregiver overwhelmed by a public and private health insurance system that offers precious little support for long term caregivers or palliative care for the suffering. But as researcher Donna Co...
Gov. Cuomo Should Not Jettison the "Spousal Refusal" Allowance in State's Medicaid Program
Most people do not realize that long–term care is not paid for by Medicare or by most private insurance plans. Instead, in most states when a spouse becomes elderly or disabled and needs long–term care, and if the couple has not previously bought expensive long–term care insurance, th...
Flagrant Conduct : The Story of Lawrence v. Texas
A Conversation with Dale Carpenter, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law, University of Minnesota Law School, on Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas. Hosted by Elizabeth Marquardt, Affiliate Scholar, IAV.
Do Mothers Matter?
Today we are witnessing an equal opportunity run on deliberately conceiving motherless children. Men, alone or in pairs, can buy eggs and rent wombs, too. A child can be denied knowledge of and a relationship with his or her generally fit mother simply because other adults — the child’s pr...
How to Keep Parenthood From Making Your Marriage Miserable
We also found that the impact of parenthood is not negative on outcomes such as marital stability or whether one perceives one's life to have meaning. In fact, married parents — especially women — are significantly more likely to report that their “life has an important purpose,”...
Must parenthood make your marriage miserable?
Today, a growing proportion of young adults in the United States worry that having both a good marriage and a happy family life with children is unattainable. And their worries are mirrored in much of the commentary, television shows, and movies that dwell on relationships and family life in America...
Get Ready for Group Marriage
Is the prospect of group marriage far–fetched? Probably not. There are several avenues that could soon lead to legal recognition of unions involving three or more people. The efforts come from the fringes of the left, from the darkest corners of the fundamentalist right, and from the laboratori...
Is intentional parenthood good for children?
...the value of intentional parenthood is not a settled question, but rather a hotly contested one. With growing numbers of children being deliberately denied a relationship with at least one of their parents, the stories of today's donor conceived adults are just the tip of the iceberg.
After the Wedding, What is Marriage For?
By contrast, marriage is a public promise. It requires a decision and consent from both of you. It brings your families and friends together. In front of both your families you pledge to care for one another through good times and bad. When times get hard, those families are a lot more likely to be ...
After the Wedding, What is Marriage For?
By contrast, marriage is a public promise. It requires a decision and consent from both of you. It brings your families and friends together. In front of both your families you pledge to care for one another through good times and bad. When times get hard, those families are a lot more likely to be ...