Category: Marriage/Family
What Friendship Teaches Us About Dating and Marriage
A true friendship between spouses is one of the deepest and most beautiful relationships in human life. We don’t always speak of the relationship between married or dating individuals as a friendship, but it can be considered a type of friendship.
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Don’t Be Like Dagny: Confessions of an Unlikely Wife and Mother
At the age of 14, I advised my mom not to expect a son-in-law or grandchildren from me. “Who says I want to get married and have kids, Mom?” I quipped. Now, at the age of 26, with a wonderful husband and two young children, I have to laugh. A lot can change in 12 years.
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Hard Parenting, Better Relationships: New Evidence
Parenting feels easier when parents feel their partners and the surrounding community are more supportive, per new IFS survey.
When parenting is too hard, fewer children are born.
Parents who want better relationships with their kids often feel pressured to relax expectations and rules (and our findings certainly don’t mean case-by-case exceptions are bad!), but the truth is that the hard work of maintaining household norms and rules pays off.
Former comedian regrets aborting her baby for a career that never materialized
Four years after having an abortion to focus on her career, once-aspiring comedian Emma Estrada has stopped performing and wonders what life could have been like with her child and her child’s father.
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Kings College London ends puberty blocker trans trial for children after red flags raised by watchdog
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a letter to the sponsor of a trial involving puberty blockers for children, raising concerns that ultimately resulted in the study being paused.
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Punch The Monkey’s Viral Orphanhood Is The Perfect Reminder That Babies Need Their Moms
Every once in a while, an animal captures the hearts and cameras of people all over the world.
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Online Dating is Mainstream—But What Are the Consequences?
More recent data shows an outright majority of couples meeting online in the current decade. Even married young people sometimes maintain dating profiles, as Wendy Wang has noted. But what are the consequences? An interesting new study, released as a working paper through the National Bureau of Economic Research, tries to tease out some answers.
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The Grandparenting Blueprint: How to Teach Your Grandchildren Life’s Most Important Lessons
Anything I have done or accomplished in this life pales in comparison to the joy I have with our children, the spouses they chose to marry, and our grandchildren. This is our legacy.
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‘Stability’ Before Marriage is a Modern Myth
This narrative treats marriage as a “destination” or an “achievement.” The pressure to achieve this idealized vision is a heavy burden on couples, and at its core, is fueled by fear.
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Why Children Need Both a Mother and Father, According to Research
While Valentine’s Day is now in the rearview mirror, there is never a bad time for Americans to be reminded that strong families thrive when men and women commit to one another in holy matrimony before bringing children into the world.
Yet in a culture that has rejected the reality of biological sex and redefined the meaning of marriage, it can be difficult to explain why the natural family is the best structure for children’s long-term outcomes.
We Need Realistic Conversations About the Costs of Raising Kids
We are repeatedly bombarded with the message that kids are expensive. But is all of that expense necessary?
We need to encourage young families who are just at the beginning stage of their child-rearing journey to budget better and focus on expenses that are key.
Want a Great Life Hack? Marry in Your 20s
Drake Maye is an anomaly: At 23, he is among the youngest quarterbacks to ever play in the Super Bowl. But he’s different for another reason, too. Last summer, Maye got married.
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