2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (538+ words) When it comes to its depiction of family, The Odyssey is somewhere in the middle. The film is one of the most beautiful recent artistic depictions of family and how society falls apart when the family—particularly in this case,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (627+ words) “With each passing day, the conversation about marriage grows in gravity and urgency,” German author Ida Friederike Görres wrote in 1956. That sentence could easily have been written today. The same goes for her 1971 book, What Binds Marriage Forever, a well-argued, rigorous…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (459+ words) However, research has consistently challenged this assumption. This is because materialism harms marriages in two distinct ways—one obvious, one far less so—and understanding both is essential for any couple or family navigating the financial realities of modern life....

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (933+ words) Millennia later, many young American women are embracing this Amazonian strategy of detachment from men, minus the sword and the horse. They’re doing it by deleting dating apps, posting “boy sober” TikToks, enjoying Sunday brunches spent with just female friends,…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (692+ words) Marriage, Faith, and Family: How JD Vance Became the Father He Never Had by Grant Martsolf and Grant Bailey 'Off With His Head': What Good is Prince Charming? For years, falling fertility rates were plausibly interpreted as evidence that Americans…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (309+ words) Today's young men still compete for status, but competition often occurs in new arenas, including video games. Unfortunately for young women, success in these domains does not necessarily translate into an ability to support a family. Women also appear more…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (130+ words) Brad Wilcox is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, author of "Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization," and a fellow at the Institute for Family Studies getting to the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (233+ words) Regarding appearance, women are more likely to specify particular traits such as height, build, hair, or eye color. The major exception is body figure: men are more than five times as likely as women to identify this characteristic as important…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) Specifically, what Grant’s analysis found was that in 1976, about 1 in 2 (55%) high school senior boys and just over 1 in 3 (36%) high school senior girls said having “lots of money” was important in life. By 2024, 3 out of 4 of both teen boys (74%) and teen…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (425+ words) In my practice, I have spent decades listening to what children need and watching what happens, in adults, when those needs go unmet. So when I read Mitchem’s account, I felt no judgment; only grief. Not for her use of…...