Category: Marriage/Family
‘Babies are good, actually,’ Timothy Carney says at BYU
“There are actually fewer children in America — not percentage, but number — than there were 10 years ago,” Carney said.
So why should people care? That’s the simple question Carney posed during his presentation.
Offering four reasons, Carney said there are economic benefits to having more children, women generally want to have children, the so-called baby bust reflects something broken about our culture, and finally, “babies are good, actually.”
Silenced Pro-Lifers Hold Counter Event at UN
The feminists at the UN who run the Commission on the Status of Women have largely shut out pro-life groups from running events during the commission.
CSW is a progressive feminist conference that promotes abortion services as essential for women’s wellbeing and prime solutions to unplanned pregnancies. This year’s official CSW event roster featured dozens a of talks normalizing and encouraging widespread access to abortion. Yet, the conference was virtually silent on the topic of supporting women to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of carrying their pregnancies to term.
Read MoreAmericans’ support for homosexual ‘marriage’ declines for first time in years: survey
The U.S. public’s support of the LGBT agenda has slightly declined for the first time in years, according to a new survey, and dipped most noticeably with young Americans.
Read MoreDefending the family through social science
Anti-marriage ideologies increasingly dominate late modernity, and each generation needs to relearn how to defend marriage in a culture that is hostile to it.
Read MoreIN-LAW RELATIONSHIPS
Letting in-laws split, manipulate, or control you by silently acceding to their nutty, neurotic, inappropriate demands isn’t necessarily showing Christian love.
Read MoreWhat Younger Couples Want to Know From Couples Who’ve Been Married 40-Plus Years
In the largest cross-sectional, global study of long-term relationships to date, we asked younger couples from 14 different countries who had been together 3 to 15 years, “If you could pose a question to couples married over 40 years, what would it be?” The questions they posed should be a sharp wake-up call to us all. Even in our current hyper-individual Zeitgeist, these younger people want their relationships to stay together. We also asked the resilient couples a similar question on what advice they would offer, and the answers they gave are an even greater wake up call.
Read MoreHigher education fueling decline in marriage, birth rate: policy expert
A conservative policy expert highlighted the role higher education is playing in the decline of marriage and total fertility, as more people opt to take more time to pursue college degrees, which she warned is extending their adolescence and deferring certain responsibilities.
Read MoreMarriage, Family, and the Mental Health Crisis
As of 2022, 15% of U.S. teens reported a major depressive episode1(up from 8% in 2007).2 The suicide rate has increased by 38% in the last 20 years, an all-time high.3 The vast majority of Americans agree that we are facing a mental health crisis. It’s worth considering, how did we get here? What is driving the huge increase in mental health problems facing our nation?
Read MoreTrudeau’s ‘Online Harms’ bill could criminalize the pro-life, pro-family movement
With the introduction of the “Online Harms Act” (Bill C-63) on February 26, the Trudeau Liberals, with the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP), have unveiled the next step in their devious plan to create a powerful online censorship regime.
Read MoreSTIs continue to skyrocket after decades of so-called ‘sex education’
According to ECDC Director Andrea Ammon: “The numbers paint a stark picture, one that needs are immediate attention and action.” Or perhaps less action. The New York Post had previously reported a surge in STIs in New York City in 2022, with “gonorrhea rates up by 11% among men and syphilis rates skyrocketing a staggering 36% among women, according to the Big Apple’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.” Ammon added that the reported numbers are probably far too low due to lack of testing, and that the surges were probably “the tip of the iceberg.”
Read MoreIrish government: Voters keep motherhood, traditional family in constitution
“This decision by the Irish electorate sends a powerful message about the importance of preserving foundational values in the face of sweeping societal changes,” Family Solidarity, an Irish conservative advocacy group that opposed the constitutional language changes, said in a statement Saturday.
Read MoreAs the Family Goes, So Goes the State
Marriage is a much more reliable guarantee of financial security and freedom from poverty for families than a few thousand dollars from Uncle Sam. And a clear recognition of what strong families contribute to society is reflected in Utah policymaking during the 2024 legislative session.
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