The other day AEI and the Institute for Family Studies held an event titled “Left behind: Why trends in family structure and parenting are setting some kids up to fail.” Isabel Sawhill, Robert Lerman, ...

This paper provides a systematic review of the research literature examining the relationship between family structure and adolescent sexual activity. Adolescents from intact family structures tend to ...

It’s been a good month for champions of the traditional family, but don’t expect the family wars to be ending any time soon. In recent weeks, a barrage of new evidence has come to light demonstrating ...

The dynamics of family structure is undergoing a transformation. Declining fertility and mortality rates are leading to new kinship configurations worldwide. But how quickly are changes taking place?

SAN FRANCISCO -- The modern family has a new twist with the rise of the three-parent family in the Bay Area. And no, this does not mean divorce or step-parents. Tavi is a happy, healthy 3-year-old ...

It’s been a rough two weeks for the family-structure denialists, those progressive academics (Philip Cohen, “How to Live in a World Where Marriage Is in Decline”), journalists (Katie Roiphe, “New York ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The scene is one many of us have somewhere in our family history: Dozens of people celebrating Thanksgiving or ...

See that map above, from Transparency International, the anti-corruption watchdog group? The darker the color on the map, the more corrupt the country. Corruption is the norm around the world; ...

Over 60 years after its release, the Moynihan report remains the most consequential—and controversial—analysis of the black family in American history. One explanation for its continued relevance is ...