New Research Shows Married Families Matter More Than Ever
September 21, 2023
The social sciences have long demonstrated that all family forms are not equal in terms of providing optimal benefits for children and society.
But a major new report from the scholars at the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) demonstrates in persuasive detail that the married mother/father family is even more powerful today in providing essential goods to children that ever before. University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox explained to The Washington Post that “Kids benefit even more today from two parents than they did 16 to 40 years ago.”
