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"Family is the center of life, and is the key to eternal happiness."
- L. Tom Perry
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New US Fertility Rate Data and Affordability

April 10, 2026 10:52 AM
The Hill recently reported on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s latest statistics on U.S. fertility rates, citing Wheatley research in the 2025 American Family Survey as it explored potential attitudes and causes behind the steady decrease of national birth rates.
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Youth and Technology: Dr. Jean Twenge Visits Wheatley Institute

March 27, 2026 11:47 AM
What do you ask an expert on technology, culture, and generational psychology when you have the chance?
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Lost Boys: The Digital Revolution, the Retreat from Marriage, and the Decline of Men

March 26, 2026 01:33 PM
Building on its long-standing partnership with the National Marriage Project, Wheatley Institute helped co-sponsor the organization's 2026 Spring Conference held at the University of Virginia on March 17th.
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New Utah Anti-Porn Legislation Aligns with Findings From Wheatley Report

March 23, 2026 01:55 PM
In January 2025, Wheatley Institute published the report Unprotected from Porn, highlighting research on the harms of pornography on children and families and calling for increased legislation to protect the next generation.
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New York Times Article Cites Wheatley Dating Study

March 03, 2026 01:44 PM
"For younger adults, romance has turned into something to be debated, theorized and optimized for but not actually engaged in," writes Christine Emba of the New York Times in a recent article citing Wheatley Institute's recent report "The Dating Recession."
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The Science of Soulmates

February 13, 2026 12:26 PM
When it comes to romantic relationships, "The One" isn't found. They're made. A recent story from BBC titled "The Science of Soulmates: Is there someone out there exactly right for you?" explores the impact of believing in soulmates. What happens when an individual believes there is only one perfect romantic partner for them?
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State of Our Unions 2026: The Dating Recession

February 10, 2026 06:00 AM
Young adults today are living in a depressed dating economy. In this 2026 State of Our Unions report, we pursued greater insight on the challenges of contemporary dating through the 2025 National Dating Landscape Survey, a nationally representative sample of 5,275 unmarried young adults ages 22–35 in the United States. We focused mostly on the dating experiences of those single young adults who expect to marry (86%; N = 4,539). What did we learn?
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Two Wheatley Institute articles featured in top 10 posts from IFS in 2025

January 02, 2026 12:44 PM
The top 10 articles of 2025 from Institute for Family Studies featured two articles from Wheatley Institutes Director of Family Initiative Jason Carroll and Wheatley Fellow Brian Willoughby.
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Unprotected from Porn Report cited in Deseret News article

January 02, 2026 12:24 PM
In her Deseret News article focused on what Congress or others could to help families flourish, Lois M. Collins cited the Unprotected from Porn report from 2025 on how age verification should be mandatory for pornography websites. In addition, the article stated from the report that, "Parents should not be left to safeguard their children from an unregulated industry of sexual media... which have been given de facto impunity to capture a spellbound audience of underage children."
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