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THIS VALENTINE’S DAY, GIVE YOUR WIFE A PRIZED GIFT:  AN ATTENTIVE HUSBAND

NEW REPORT FINDS THAT MOTHERS OF LARGE FAMILIES ARE AMONG THE HAPPIEST WIVES, IN PART BECAUSE THEIR HUSBANDS ARE MORE ATTENTIVENew York, NY—February 2, 2012—According to a report recently released by The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, in partnership with the Center for Marriage and Families, the parents of large families are at least 40 percent more likely to be happily married than the parents of smaller families. The State of Our Unions: When Baby Makes Three—How Parenthood Makes Life Meaningful and How Marriage Makes Parenthood Bearable, focuses on the emotional

U.S. Thrift Index Reveals Modest Increase in Thrifty Behavior But Overall Thrift Score Is Low

Released today in conjunction with National Thrift Week, U.S. Thrift Index is first ever report of its kind; measures the multiple components of thriftPhiladelphia, PA—January 18, 2012—The Great Recession put millions of American households deep into debt and forced families to reassess their financial lives and goals. In surveys done at the bottom of the Recession, Americans said they wanted to give up spendthrift habits, repair their household balance sheets, and practice frugality in their spending and borrowing. A study released today—fifty months after the Great Recession began—

NEW REPORT: COHABITATION, NOT DIVORCE, IS NOW DRIVING RISING RATES OF FAMILY INSTABILITY IN AMERICA

Released today by a group of 18 family scholars, Why Marriage Matters powerfully summarizes major new findings from the social sciences on the state of marriage and family life in the U.S. While divorce rates for families with children have fallen, family instability continues to increase for the nation’s children overall, mainly because more than 40 percent of American children will now spend time in a cohabiting household.New York, NY—August 16, 2011—Today, the Center for Marriage and Families released Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences, a scholarly report

Government Push to expand gambling is A bad bet for Americans

The new website, www.GetGovernmentOutofGambling.org, launched by the Institute for American Values, sheds light on the numerous—and significant—social ills caused by the partnership of governments with legalized gambling. Contrary to what elected officials would have citizens believe, state-sponsored gambling is bad public policy that costs all taxpayers. With little public input, the government has used—and abused—its power and influence to allow gambling to become more convenient and addictive to average Americans, especially taking advantage of senior citizens, minorities, and the

Pathbreaking Study Finds Adults Conceived Through Sperm Donation Suffer Substantial Harm

First-ever representative, comparative study of adults conceived via sperm donation reveals they struggle with the implications of their conception; report aims to launch international debate on the ethics, meaning, and practice of donor conceptionNew York, NY—June 1, 2010— The Commission on Parenthood’s Future released internationally the groundbreaking report My Daddy’s Name is Donor: A New Study of Young Adults Conceived Through Sperm Donation, co-investigated by Elizabeth Marquardt, Norval D. Glenn, and Karen Clark. The report reveals stunning findings about the lives of adult offspring

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