Broken Families Drive Boy Crisis: School Failure, Trouble, Depression
"The Boy Crisis" Everyone's talking about it. Fewer are asking where it hits hardest. The answer: broken families. New @FamStudies @azpolicy shows boys raised outside an intact family most likely to fail in school, get in trouble & be depressed. For instance: https://t.co/gBKouKbxja
I Debunked the Myth: Kids Ruin Everything
"Without even realizing it, I had believed the lie that children would ruin my life and be a net loss when it came to taking my time, my body, and my career." @emlwaters https://t.co/DznsH0yfDM
Data Shows True Flourishing Lies Beyond Wealth and Career
My latest for @WordOnFire: "While the culture promotes the “Midas Mindset,” insisting that human flourishing is found in career advancement, wealth, and independence, the data reveals something quite different." https://t.co/UtNuDBdCTP
Dept. Mandates Age‑appropriate AI Education for K‑12
In response to concerns about the need to ensure that students learn and use AI in ways that are appropriate and safe, the Department updated its original language to ensure that the expansion of AI education in grades K-12 be...
Class, Not Gender, Drives Household Labor Inequality
The husband-housework debate misses the real story: class. ✔️ Affluent moms generally have husbands who are reliable breadwinners and pull real weight at home ✔️ Poor/working-class moms—many of them single—are often doubly burdened as primary breadwinners AND caregivers https://t.co/wAaDrNf8lo
Grandparent Divorce Echoes Into
"The Long Reach of Divorce" ==> A grandparent's divorce harms grandchildren's education, marriages, and well-being a generation later — even though the grandchildren weren't yet born when the divorce happened. https://t.co/NXJQXfO8Po https://t.co/oZ9YDAHXzL
Married Dads Report Highest Life Satisfaction
But note well: It's married dads who are most satisfied with the lives they are living.
Religious, Family‑close Parents Receive Abundant Child‑care Support
"Trusting, religious people who live close to family get a lot of help with their kids" @FamStudies @lymanstoneky https://t.co/i40uhUmlhF
Marriage Cuts Cancer Risk, Especially for Women
🚨New Study: Marriage more protective against cancer for women than men @WSJ: ✔️Cancer rates 68% higher for never-married men But. . . ✔️Cancer rates 83% higher for never-married men https://t.co/eQcmo0pa4B
Seniors Dominate Homeownership in America’s Prime Cities
"Older Americans own much of the most desirable real estate in the country’s best cities & they are not moving. The 70-to-74 age group has highest homeownership rate in the nation — above 80 percent — and those 75 and...
Lawmakers Act to Block AI Personhood Claims
"Legal personhood for AI is not a foregone conclusion. Some legislators have begun developing policy measures intended to preemptively rebut theories of AI personhood." @FamStudies https://t.co/8G0DKn7oJm
Manhood Is Taught, Not Innate
"I read “Manhood in the Making,” a 1991 book by the anthropologist David Gilmore. It changed my mind. Gilmore argues masculinity isn’t something that just happens to boys as they grow up. Cultures had to create manhood — had to...
American Dream Wanes as Homeownership Drops Sharply
Faith in the American Dream has plummeted, partly "because homeownership has declined sharply": ✔️In 1980, 67% of adults owned own homes ✔️In 2025, only 48% owned own homes Part of the problem is rising home prices. Another part is falling marriage...
Marriage Resurgence Ends Decades-Long Rise in Single Motherhood
More evidence in support of my @TheAtlantic argument that--for kids--marriage increasingly grounds family life. IOW, the seemingly relentless rise in single motherhood since the 1960s is over. 👇🏽 https://t.co/gawAcfptrA
35‑Year Builder Never Sells Homes to Singles
This certainly reflects Dean Windham’s experience as an OH builder. In 35 years, he’s sold no SF homes to an unmarried buyer. https://t.co/9ogISUTdzE