Married Americans Own Homes at Triple Unmarried Rate
Latest @WSJ w/ @MariaBaerWrites: "Marriage smooths the path to homeownership - [we see a] monumental gap between married & unmarried Americans: 71% of married adults aged 25 to 54 own their own home today, compared with only 21% of their unmarried peers." https://t.co/YEURo8Rwdp
How You Resolve Conflict Predicts Marital Health
"It’s not about the amount of conflict we have in our marriages but rather how we resolve the conflict that is predictive of the health and vitality of the relationship." ~ Dr. Andrea Gurney https://t.co/aj2i397l0j @FamStudies
Lyman Stoneky Exposes Massive Chart Crimes in NYT Upshot
"The @UpshotNYT is wrong" Classic @lymanstoneky documenting massive chart crimes in this NYT piece: https://t.co/oEddTTUaNg
Marriage Shields Young Adults From Recent Happiness Decline
Young adults are experiencing a "happiness crash"—but marriage is a firewall. New @grantjbailey @FamStudies finds no decline in happiness among married young men and women.👇🏽 https://t.co/vXnT8lzIYb
Only Married Stay‑home or Part‑time Moms Exceed Replacement Fertility
"The only American families reproducing well above the replacement rate of 2.1 babies per woman are those with a married mom at home who works either part-time or not at all." @lymanstoneky @MariaBaerWrites @BradWilcoxIFS https://t.co/vsAIE7rBIf
Marriage May Reduce Women's Cancer Risk, Study Finds
CNN: “When it comes to getting cancer, putting a ring on it may offer more protection to women,” said Dr. Brad Wilcox, a professor @UVA who studies marriage. “That’s striking" -- given that many upsides to marriage benefit men more....
Don’t Let Career Sacrifice Love and Family in Your 20s
Don’t make the “Midas Mistake” — prioritizing career over love & family in your 20s: https://t.co/dmKpNv0CXs
Denmark's Father Quota Lowers Parental Leave Satisfaction
Big Push for Gender Equality in Paternal Leave Fails Even in Denmark "After the father quota [allocating 11 weeks of leave specifically to dads & taking it away from moms] was implemented [in Denmark]", @stephmurrayyyy writes, leave satisfaction for both moms...
Trade Workforce Gap: 1.4 Million Jobs Vacant by 2030
"As the # of tradesmen retiring [increases], # of young people entering those occupations [fails] to keep pace. Today, for every 5 tradesmen who leave workforce, only 2 younger workers replace them." Consequently: "nearly 1.4 million trade jobs will be unfilled...
Breadwinner Moms Work More, Leisure Less Than Husbands
Breadwinner Moms ✔️ Do a lot more total work for their families ✔️ Have a lot less leisure than their husbands Source: Pew https://t.co/hAEiUAdqiw
Escaping Family Duties Tightens Men’s Stress, Not Relieves
The Lie: Avoiding the responsibilities of providing, protecting & parenting for a family was supposed to free men “of the shackles of stress, sorrow & self-loathing.” “Instead, it has tightened them.” @realDailyWire https://t.co/76ZKOITyfe
Young Adult Homeownership Halved, Dream Becomes Elusive
She's not wrong. One reason "we're in trouble" is young adult access to the American Dream is so diminished--as evidenced, for instance, by this decline in home ownership.👇🏽 ✔️ 1980: 59% of young adults owned a home ✔️Now: 37% of young adults...
Reflecting on Defending At‑Home Mothers and Unanswered Regrets
"I got attacked early in my career because I was standing up for At Home Mothers & the value of that work & joy of it... the older I get & I look back at my own life I'm like...
Marriage Decline Drives Steep Fall in Young Homeownership
"A big reason for the 18-percentage-point drop in young adults’ homeownership rate is the massive 30-point fall in marriage." @swinshi @AEI https://t.co/iYsEfqmNkr