Category: Marriage/Family

Right now, the American dream is out of reach for too many men, women, and children across Ohio. One key to saving the dream in Ohio is to strengthen and stabilize family life across the state.

Humanity has entered a new era of rapid population decline. Globally, the total fertility rate is likely already below replacement—that is, below the level needed to sustain the population in the long run, approximately 2.18 children per woman. If we are unable to address our fertility crisis, the US will face an existential economic crisis driven by a steep decline in fertility rates—one that could have an impact measured in the quadrillions of dollars.

Most single Americans are not enjoying the process of finding a partner. A new report, “Romantic Recession: How Politics, Pessimism, and Anxiety Shape American Courtship,” finds that more than 6 in 10 single men and single women believe dating is more difficult today than it was 10 years ago. And a Pew Research Center report found that roughly two-thirds of singles said their dating lives are not going particularly well.

Young liberal women are especially prone nowadays to reporting poor mental health. This was the discovery that Zach Goldberg made almost five years ago pouring over Pew data in the spring of 2020. Further research in 2022 found that depression had surged among liberal high school girls in the last decade-and-a-half, and much more so for them than other high schoolers, especially conservatives.

“What is wrong with my body?” Meghann asked herself and God the same question as the pain of infertility increased with each passing month. Why couldn’t she do the one thing that a woman’s body is supposed to do? Surrounded by pregnant friends and often the recipient of baby announcements, she felt happy for others but very alone in coping with infertility.

The share of young adults who say they have not had sex in the last year has skyrocketed in the past decade, while the virginity rate for young adult males has more than doubled, according to a recent data analysis. Examining findings from the National Survey of Family Growth, Institute for Family Studies Senior Fellow Lyman Stone observes that “all measures of sexlessness rose for both young adult males and females” between an initial survey wave conducted in 2013-2015 and the most recent wave conducted between 2022-2023.

If you’re like me, the older you get, the more you see friends divorce … friends that seemed like the perfect couple … friends that you didn’t think were ever in danger of splitting. Sadly, the reason given for these divorces all too often runs along the lines of a lack of happiness – a spouse was bored, felt unloved, or some other thing that can often seem rather petty to outside observers.

New survey findings suggest there is yet another reason to worry about dating sites: The person you are interested in might be married.

Our new analysis of this survey data finds that opposition to AI romance and friendship is strongly linked to family structure.