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by Rhonda Kruse Nordin
Each of us has a marriage imprint based upon the marriage of our parents. We as parents could do a better job modeling the imprint from which our children base their own love stories. |
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by W. Bradford Wilcox
A large minority of poor Americans think social-welfare policies discourage marriage. It's for this reason that Democrats and Republicans should explore policy reforms to make the American welfare state more marriage friendly. |
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by Kelly M. Roberts and Kaye-Lin Doty
“I read once that divorce is harder than death," one woman wrote in her journal during a marriage crisis. Journaling has therapeutic value to create space for change, as it did for this woman who chose to stay and fight for her marriage. |
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by Robert VerBruggen
Twenty years after its enactment, the debate surrounding welfare reform continues. Critics argue that welfare reform made the poor even poorer, but new research suggests that's not the case. |
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IFS Around the Web
A recent article in The Week featured a number of Family Studies essays written by IFS Research Fellows David and Amber Lapp about welfare reform and working class Americans. |
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by W. Bradford Wilcox
While marriage is no panacea in the war on poverty, we should keep experimenting with policies that encourage it. Young adults who put education, work, marriage, and parenthood in the right order face low odds of poverty. [From the Archives] |
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