Written by Lori Lowe   Although I’ve been blogging about research-based marriage tips for nearly three years, I’ve never written about my personal experience as a child of divorce. When I was asked to write about it, I hesitated, because I don’t want to focus on a negative past or hurt my parents. But I […]

Written by Beverly Willett   People continue their outrage over the fact that Casey Anthony is a free woman.  I wonder, though, if those screaming injustice know that for decades millions of parents have perhaps been contributing to the death of their own children.  And, if they did, whether they’d  shout as loudly, or instead […]

Written by Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse   The federal government has decided that it is too expensive to track marriage and divorce data; instead, it has turned its attention to tracking data about sexual activity, behavior, attraction, and identity of teens and adults. The marriage reports used to be detailed accounts (age of bride and […]

Written by Lori Lowe   My last post shared benefits to the adults who choose to stay married. Even more plentiful are studies showing how children are positively affected—emotionally, sexually, mentally, and physically—when their parents are married as opposed to single or cohabiting. Research shows* that in the U.S. cohabitors resemble singles more than they […]

Written by Beverly Willett   I got an e-mail the other day about upcoming summer concerts.  Crosby Stills & Nash is coming to town in August.  Last year marked the 40th anniversary of their hit single — “Teach Your Children.”  It was also the 40th anniversary of the inception of our country’s no-fault divorce experiment. […]