Would changing the words used by policymakers and others bring Americans on the right and the left of the political aisle closer to agreement on the role that government can and should play in supporting family stability and ability to thrive?
That question came up in a discussion as part of the release of the 10th American Family Survey Thursday afternoon, hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. The theme was “Opportunities to a Broad-Based Political Coalition for Families.”
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