Family

Sir Paul Coleridge, the founder and director of the Marriage Foundation in the UK, discuss the vital role that marriage plays in society and outlines its decline in Britain.

Recent research on Millennials and young adults identified a trend that startled contemporary scholars and journalists. Findings revealed that an increasing percentage of high school seniors and young adults espouse the traditional norm of men being the primary breadwinner and women being the primary caregivers at home, a percentage that has been increasing since the mid-1990s. This rise in “traditionalism” took many by surprise, uprooting the assumption that each new generation would continually move toward a highly prized value of “gender equality,” where men and women divide professional and family work equally. For many journalists, the only explanation for such a finding was that Millennials just don’t seem to care about “gender equality” in marriage. But a more accurate analysis suggests that many Millennials just don’t adhere to the narrow definition of “gender equality” that assumes men and women are only equal if they do the same things, professionally and at home. And it is not just Millennials who appear to desire a more “traditional” approach to family life. Married mothers and fathers in America today (the parents of these Millennials) typically divide caregiving and professional work hours along traditionally gendered lines. And they do so, “because that’s what most of them want to do.”

Jenet Erickson, affiliated scholar at the Wheatley Institution, has a chat with Jason S. Carroll. They discuss gender roles between mothers and fathers, and their influence on children, common misunderstandings about motherhood and feminism, and our society's adult needs taking precedence over children's needs first.

Erika Bachiochi gives a lecture at the Wheatley Institute's 2017 Roundtable on the Family conference. Bachiochi addresses the reality of sexual asymmetry between genders and the dependency that men and women have on each other within society.

Mary Eberstadt delivers the 2017 Wheatley Roundtable on Family Keynote Address. Dr. Eberstadt discusses how we do live in a pagan time and the impact that has on the family.

Jenet Erickson, affiliated scholar of the Wheatley Institution, identifies the challenges children face in today's society, within the context of evolving and non-traditional family structures.

Sherif Girgis, co-author of "What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense" shares insights on how to defend marriage in a rational way at the Wheatley Institute's 2017 Roundtable of the Family conference.

Ryan T. Anderson, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, gives a lecture concerning his thoughts on the breakdown of the family, and what we can do to strengthen families. He speaks concerning the pro-life movement and beliefs about marriage in various settings. Anderson discusses the importance of forming alliances to protect religious freedoms. This lecture was delivered on March 24, 2016.

Jenet Erickson, affiliated scholar at the Wheatley Institute, discusses how a culture centered exclusively on individual rights and desires poses great risks to the most vulnerable among us: our children.