Family

“The Supreme Court’s 2025 term concluded with four decisions …. All four cases were decided 6–3 in favor of positions advocated by Christian legal organizations, establishing precedents that protect crucial rights and fundamental religious freedoms.” - TGC

“How a Supreme Court case aimed to change marriage but redefined family instead.” - Breakpoint

“When you realize your spouse doesn’t have faith in Christ, it can feel like your union has suffered a major injury. Where God meant oneness, there’s dislocation, and you can’t heal it. But you can learn to walk by faith.” - TGC

“The new research just published by NBER charts new findings into how divorce is far more damaging to children than anyone ever imagined. It also quantifies deleterious effects far into adulthood and documents the causal effect by examining a million sibling groups to measure differing before/after affects within a family.” - World

“Every time we let someone say, ‘Oh, I’m just a mom,’ and don’t honor her work, we let stand the idea that serving the vulnerable is somehow a lesser existence—when in reality it is the foundation of any society that hopes to survive.” - Acton

“When we consider the state of the family at the beginning of the twenty-first century, our tendency is to reflect nostalgically on imagined idyllic days of generations past when families weren’t perfect but pretty close to it, or so we like to think.” - Ligonier

“As marriage rates continue to decline, the social sciences are documenting how robust the benefits of marriage are for adults and their children.” - Daily Citizen

“ ‘Parents Under Pressure’ attempts to address the mental health and well-being of moms and dads. The 35-page document acknowledges and elaborates on many of the challenges facing the typical American family—and then suggests what individuals and government institutions can do to help reduce the burden.” - Daily Citizen

“One important skill that married couples develop over time is the ability to Jointly Negotiate Conflict Resolution Strategies (JNCRS) to their mutual benefit…. Only a few small studies have looked at what goes right in marriages over the long-term in conflict resolution.” - IFS

“About four-in-ten adults ages 50 and older who never had children (38%) say there was a time when they wanted to have them. About a third (32%) say they never wanted to have children, while a quarter say they weren’t sure whether or not they wanted to do so.” - Pew