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Testimonials     Newsletter     Blog Explore a world of information on the theory and practice of successful marriage. RAND news release: RAND Study Finds Adolescents Who Listen to a Great Deal of Music with Degrading Sexual Lyrics Have Sex Sooner "A RAND Corporation study.presents the strongest evidence yet that sexually degrading lyrics in music encourage adolescents to more quickly initiate sexual intercourse and other sexual activities." Read more. The State of Our Unions 2005: The Social Health of Marriage in America Seventh annual report of The National Marriage Project, the first university-based initiative to focus exclusively on contemporary marriage. Includes an essay on marriage and family trends as well as updates on indicators concerning marriage, divorce, cohabitation, child-centeredness, fragile families, and teen attitudes about marriage and family. Read more. An Analysis of the Church Attendance in the General Population A brief look at data the National Opinion Research Center collected in its General Social Survey from 1986 to 1996, focusing on the habits and interests of people likely to be frequent or infrequent churchgoers. Read more. Why Marriage Matters The Foundation for a Great Marriage's case for marriage. "Marriage has existed in some approved form in every human society throughout recorded history. Ancient cultures have known what the most recent research confirms - children do best when raised by both biological parents." Read more. Couples on the Brink: Stopping the Marriage-Go-Round A look at marriage-friendly psychotherapy. "The key question in having a pro-marriage stance is how hard are we willing to work to keep people in therapy to restore their marriage, versus how ready are we to withdraw our active support for their relationship?" Read more. Reducing Unwed Childbearing: The Missing Link in Efforts to Promote Marriage "With so much attention on promoting and sustaining marriage among low-income couples who already have children, policymakers risk forgetting about the need to reduce unwed childbearing in the first place. These initiatives are needed for a number of reasons." Read more. Marriage and the Law: A Statement of Principles "How should family law treat marriage? In this report, a group of family scholars and legal scholars come together to acknowledge some key propositions about marriage and family law in the United States." Read more. Marriage Education for Youth Brief descriptions of specialized curricula for relationship education. Read more. Why Marriage Matters: 26 Conclusions from the Social Sciences "Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children." "Divorce and unmarried childbearing increase poverty for both children and mothers." Read more... The Black Family: 40 Years of Lies "Read through the megazillion words on class, income mobility, and poverty in the recent New York Times series "Class Matters" and you still won't grasp two of the most basic truths on the subject: 1. entrenched, multigenerational poverty is largely black; and 2. it is intricately intertwined with the collapse of the nuclear family in the inner city." Read more.   The Marriage Movement: A Statement of Principles "WE COME TOGETHER AS SUPPORTERS OF SOMETHING NEW: a grass-roots movement to strengthen marriage. We come together to give public voice and direction to this new movement-to explain our intentions, specify our goals, and seek the support of our fellow citizens." Read more. Milestones for an Emerging Community Marriage Initiative For anyone interested in starting or supporting a Community Marriage Initiative. Fifteen fundamental milestones to help CMIs reach full maturation and have maximum impact. Read more. A Phased Approach to Creating a Community Marriage Initiative Strategies and action items for getting your CMI started, from building a coalition to developing ongoing programming. Read more. Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the United States Academic analysis based on results from the National Survey of Family Growth. "This report presents national estimates of the probabilities of marital and cohabitation outcomes for women 15-44 years of age in 1995, by a wide variety of individual- and community-level characteristics." Read more. Encouraging Marriage and Discouraging Divorce Heritage Foundation report on emphasizing marriage in public policy. "Objections to government spending on marriage promotion and divorce prevention are based on a misunderstanding of the connection between the breakdown of marriage and the demand for welfare and social services, as well as the government's responsibility for the destruction of marriage among the poor through regulations that penalize marriage." Read more. The Map of the Family Charts created by the Heritage Foundation using government data. "The more that members of a family belong to each other, the more each individual and each family thrives. When rejection occurs in the family, especially between the parents when they separate or divorce, the entire family suffers. The following charts illustrate the dynamics of belonging and rejection. Read more. The State of Our Unions 2006 Report from the National Marriage Project, at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, on six trends in marriage and family life. "Life Without Children," the opening essay, looks at "the increasing portion of the life course spent without children in the household and how it is changing the pattern of American adult lives." Read more. Wisconsin Births 2005 Read more. Wisconsin Marriages and Divorces 2005 Read more. Divorce and Productivity Employee Benefit News excerpt. Read more… Work Marriage Productivity “Good marriages help grow strong families, but can they help the bottom-line at work?” Read more… Impact of Divorce on Corporations Research statistics from Matthew Turvey, Psy.D. Read more…