Rising rates of nonmarital childbirth in the United States have resulted in a new family type, the fragile family. Such families, which include cohabiting couples as well as single mothers, experience significantly higher rates of poverty and material hardship than their married counterparts. Ariel Kalil and Rebecca Ryan summarize the economic challenges facing mothers in […]

Sculpt Your Personal Relationship Road Map with these Conversations that Matter. Powerful tools for sculpting your personal relationship road map to wishes, hopes and dreams come true, the PAIRS Contracting Workbook reinforces key exercises from PAIRS Essentials in a guided journey through personal goals and ambitions for love and life. Includes dozens of conversations that […]

Young, minority, and poorly educated fathers in fragile families have little capacity to support their children financially and are hard-pressed to maintain stability in raising those children. In this article, Robert Lerman examines the capabilities and contributions of unwed fathers, how their capabilities and contributions fall short of those of married fathers, how those capabilities […]

This newly revised handbook reflects lessons learned, best practices, and quality management processes that emerged out of extensive multi-year research with thousands of diverse men and women in all stages of relationships who participated in PAIRS Essentials classes. For the majority of individuals and couples who arrive at their first PAIRS session open to learning […]

If you are a teenager, you know that sexual feelings can be powerful. However, the deepest desire of your heart is not sex, but real love. People who feel unloved, lonely, unappreciated, and unvalued will do all kinds of things–often things that are harmful to themselves–to try to fill their need for real love. Even […]

This study investigates the impact of gender and non-traditional work schedules on marital satisfaction and perception of equity in work/family role responsibilities after controlling for gender role ideology, number of children living in the household, and wage differential. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, four work schedule patterns of full-time, blue […]

What language are you speaking? Most warning labels are not intended to present a positive message, but Dr. Gary Chapman includes this warning label in The Five Love Languages: “”Understanding the five love languages and learning to speak the primary love language of your spouse may radically affect his or her behavior. People behave differently […]

The present prospective, longitudinal study of 193 young adults (85 men, 108 women, M = 20.7 years old) and their partners in ongoing romantic relationships in 1997 was initiated in 1989, when the 193 target youths were in the 7th grade. On the basis of the model for the development of early adult romantic relationships […]

Powerful, “”hip”” intro to key issues in teen sexuality and relationships, otherwise known as “”Relationship Intelligence,”” updated in 2009. Moving interviews of diverse urban and suburban teens mixed with teen rap will break open hearts and minds and lead to concept-changing classroom discussions! There is nothing like this in any health education video you have […]