A checklist of issues to be addressed and considered prior to marriage.

This study provides the first rigorous estimate of the costs to U.S. taxpayers of high rates of divorce and unmarried childbearing both at the national and state levels. Among its findings: Even programs that result in very small decreases in divorce and unwed childbearing could yield big savings for taxpayers. The report is organized as […]

Unmarried Couples with Children is a landmark study of the family lives of nearly fifty American children born outside of a marital union at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Based on personal narratives gathered from both mothers and fathers over the first four years of their children’s lives, and told partly in the couples’ […]

This fact sheet takes a demographic look at children and divorce. Includes a comparison between children whose parents have divorced and those whose parents have remained together. Also considered are the immediate, intermediate, and long-term effects of divorce on children?s health, academic achievement, and behavioral problems. Finally, this piece covers gender differences in the effects […]

This fact sheet begins by providing information on the incidence of child sexual abuse and the services of the Children’s Response Center. Components of a medical exam are then explained, as well as the stress symptoms children may experience before or after others learn of the abuse. Feelings parents might experience after learning of the […]

This meta-analysis sought to investigate the effects of parent training programs on fathers. More specifically, it sought to examine previous studies to determine (1) whether including fathers in parent training enhances children’s outcomes and (2) whether mothers and fathers benefit equally from parent training programs. (Author abstract)

This book explores the historical origins of the African American marriage in the United States, discusses the current state of marriage in the African American community, and offers strategies for strengthening marriages. Following an introduction that emphasizes the spiritual basis of marriage and the high rate of divorce among African Americans, Part 1 discusses how […]