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September 8th, 2025
Conscientiousness Is Declining Among Young Americans: Why? | Institute for Family Studies
There has been a dramatic decline in conscientiousness among teens and young adults over the past 10 years. Why and what can be done?
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September 4th, 2025
Why is Marriage Good? – Know Why Podcast
Why is marriage good? Is it only good for the material benefits it may provide individuals, like relational security and legal protection? Or is there an intrinsic good to marriage that can’t be analyzed with science? Social and political philosopher John Mancini joins the podcast to kick off the next series, Know About Family Formation. John argues that there is...
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September 4th, 2025
Men Are Hurting
Explore our diverse programs designed to inspire growth, equip leaders, and foster community. Discover how we help individuals live with purpose.
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July 30th, 2025
Virtue, Not Virtue Signaling
We need to move past the performative displays of moral superiority that proliferate on social media and in corporate boardrooms. Classical schools instead are opting for teaching traditional virtue.
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July 30th, 2025
How to Live Under a Curse
If we want more babies, we need to learn how to live under a curse. American birthrates, like those in much of the developed world, have plummetedway below replacement levels, and an aging, declining population is bad news. But recognizing the problem doesn’t mean people are ready to be part of the solution.
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July 30th, 2025
Divorce in Decline
The fortunes of marriage have changed. Marital stability looks much different than it did 30 years ago.
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July 22nd, 2025
A “Quiet Revival”
By: Daniel Gullotta – wng.org – July 17, 2025 Gen Z is reportedly returning to church … but the same was once said of Millennials. Scan social media or glance at recent headlines, and you might sense a religious revival brewing among Gen Z. Reports enthusiastically claim that young people (especially young men) are returning to church, driven by newfound...
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July 22nd, 2025
Young Americans Want Homes—and Connection
For years, urbanists and pundits have insisted that young Americans are rejecting the suburbs. The story goes: the white picket fence is passé, the cul-de-sac is dead, and no one under 40 dreams of mowing a lawn. But the data tells a different story.
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July 7th, 2025
Key to Solving the Masculinity Crisis – Married Fatherhood
In order to understand why males are struggling, it helps to ask: What is it that gives life meaning?
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