Category: Marriage/Family
Restoring a Man’s Place in the Home
Today, a record share of American adults are not married. While the share of married Americans was notably higher in the 1970’s, I witnessed first-hand a key feature of the shift away from marriage and homelife. In public elementary school in a left-leaning community in suburban Maryland, my family’s support of the candidacy of Ronald Reagan did not go unnoticed. One teacher took pleasure in haranguing me for my backward views. From her I heard that “a woman’s place is in the House, and in the Senate, too!”
Read MoreYour Romance Story: The Formula For Making a Great Marriage
Our youngest daughter, Annie, loves a good romance story. Her favorite is hearing how my wife, Erin, and I fell in love. And believe it or not, we owe that love to Leviticus. I was a sophomore studying at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. I had a 7 a.m. Old Testament theology class was not the easiest class for me to stay awake in, to begin with, and on this particular morning, the professor was lecturing on Leviticus. You know, the book filled with rules and instructions, the one that even most Christians skip during their Bible-reading programs. Somewhere between passages on burnt offerings and admonitions not to eat shellfish, I must’ve drifted off: The next thing I knew, a hand was violently shaking my shoulder. My eyelids popped open, and I found myself staring into the most beautiful eyes I’d ever seen — eyes that belonged to a complete stranger.
Read MoreThe Government Failed at Fatherhood
The government spent decades trying to make fathers unnecessary. The failure of that experiment put society on the long-term path to collapse. Father’s Day is Sunday. It’s much less popular than Mother’s Day for a sad reason. Fewer fathers are involved in their children’s lives. That’s caused by two main factors, the first being children born to single moms. In 2022, almost 40% of births were to unmarried women, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The second reason is the prevalence of divorce.
Read MoreAlarming trend: 50,000 children in Germany are living with homosexual ‘couples’
50,000 German children are now living with homosexual ‘couples,’ up from just 3,800 in 2011, raising concerns about abuse. In recent months, numerous homosexuals, including public figures, have been charged with child abuse, raising growing concerns about homosexuals’ access to children.
Read MoreUnited Nations solution to ‘fertility crisis’ faces criticism
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a report that surveyed reproductive-age adults and recommended “reproductive autonomy” as a solution to global fertility rate decline, a solution that received pushback from pro-family experts.
Read MoreMen Are in Trouble. Maybe Fatherhood and Bigger Families Are a Solution
My dad spent more than four decades with at-home kids, actively parenting even as some of his own children became parents themselves. It’s a kind of alternate reality compared to what’s typically marketed in pop culture as a good life for a man.
Read MoreSBC passes resolutions calling for bans on gay marriage, pornography, abortion pills
During the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday, thousands of messengers approved via voice vote three resolutions on the social issues regarding sexual ethics and abortion.
Read MoreTo fathers: Reject the myth you’re dispensable
Fatherhood is not a casual role for the mildly interested; it is a God-ordained calling that secures the identity of a home and, by extension, the vitality of a republic.
Read MoreVietnam formally ends two-child policy as aging population grows
Vietnam, which has the highest abortion rate in the world, has ended its two-child policy in an effort to reverse a declining birth rate to support its aging population.
Read MoreEmotional Cheating and the Rise of the ‘AI Boyfriend’
A virtual robot will never replace the human companionship of two imperfect people supporting and choosing to see the best in one another. But a “relationship” with a perfect AI boyfriend or girlfriend or friend is much easier to maintain, making the lure of such hollow companionship all the more dangerous.
Read MoreParenting: Take This Job And Love It
Parenting is a job that can be loved deeply. I was never the kind of woman who was good with babies. Oh, I could admire them just fine. I just didn’t have the first clue about caring for them. When I was a new mom, my friend came over and tossed around my baby in total comfort. She held Ethan one way, then casually flipped him to rest on her forearm, then cradled him close and then held him out. She gave him back to me with a breezy smile, and I robotically put my hands under his armpits and pulled him cautiously toward me. To me, he seemed like a piece of china that might break. My friend treated him like a football.
Read MoreGray Divorce in Sweden: Divorce for Swedes Over 60 Is Rising
Divorce rates have gone up among older Swedes because more of those who are married are in riskier marriages. Divorce rates for Swedes over age 60 are going up instead of down. The divorce rate of a cohort doesn’t depend only on the events happening in that generation; it also depends upon which people in that cohort are married.
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