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Family

Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be

March 15, 2024 10:30 AM
Timothy P. Carney spoke about his new book on why modern parenting in America is full of unrealistic expectations and how to return to the virtues of traditional parenting.
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Family

Bradford Wilcox Forum: Mammon or marriage?

December 08, 2023 11:06 AM
Wheatley Institute Contributor Delivers BYU Forum
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Richard Reeves Discusses Problems Facing Boys and Men

November 03, 2022 11:22 AM
Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution discusses new book
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Family

Marriage, Heroism, and National Greatness

March 26, 2019 09:00 AM
Catherine Pakaluk, an economist at the Catholic University of America explains the value of marriage as an institution in personal lives of heroism and the public good.
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The Importance of Marriage Today

March 25, 2019 09:00 AM
Ryan Anderson from The Heritage Foundation gave the Wheatley Roundtable on Family Keynote Address on the importance of marriage today.
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Family

We Need Children Even More Than They Need Us

June 07, 2018 07:00 PM
In this Roundtable on the Family, Wheatley Fellow, Jenet Erickson Ph.D, tackles a unique perspective on children: instead of why do children need their parents, she looks at all of the positive ways parents are affected and transformed by their children.
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Family

Marriage Unapologetic

October 19, 2017 05:00 PM
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.
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Family

Children Will Lead Us

February 15, 2017 02:00 PM
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.
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Family

Discovering Sexual Equality in Our Shared Response to Human Dependency

February 14, 2017 01:00 PM
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.
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Family

Family and Faith in a Pagan Time

February 14, 2017 12:00 PM
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.
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Religion

Faith, Learning, & Educating for Wisdom

September 30, 2015 06:00 PM
Darin Davis, professor at Baylor University, addresses the pursuit of wisdom in educational objectives, discussing how the emphasis on values has shifted in contemporary moral and intellectual goals of education.
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Religion

Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Religious Global Conflict

February 25, 2014 07:00 PM
Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, examines what it means to be an interfaith leader, focusing on the difficulties and benefits of diversity.
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Constitution

Robert P. George: The Constitution and Civic Virtue

March 11, 2024 12:54 PM
George discussed what institutions—beginning with the family—instill the habits of mind that make for good citizenship.
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Constitution

Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett Visit Wheatley Institute

February 09, 2023 02:33 PM
Wheatley gets a visit from the authors of "The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again"
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Constitution

Danielle Allen and W. B. Allen Share Thoughts on the American Experiment

December 01, 2022 02:19 PM
Conversation with Father-Daughter Duo of Political Scholars
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Constitution

Town Hall with Governor Cox

October 24, 2022 02:29 PM
The BYU campus community was invited to sit down with Utah Governor Spencer Cox.
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Constitution

The Constitution Under Pressure: Lessons From Abraham Lincoln

September 19, 2022 12:08 PM
Author, religion and ethics scholar, historian, and Harvard law professor, Noah Feldman, addressed the BYU community as part of Constitution Week. Feldman's lecture focused on ideas from his book, "The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery & The Refounding of America." All are welcome to attend the lecture.
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Constitution

Moving From a Culture that Divides Us to a Culture that Unites Us

November 22, 2021 09:00 AM
On November 11, Timothy Shriver gave a lecture on “Moving From a Culture that Divides Us to a Culture that Unites Us.” The event was sponsored jointly by the Office of Civic Engagement and the Wheatley Institute. Tim and his growing team at UNITE, are building around a bold vision to promote national unity and mutual respect across differences. They are working to find solutions that transcend tired debates and old divides.
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Constitution

Our Constitutional Order: Freedom, Responsibility, and Power

September 17, 2021 09:00 AM
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney in Conversation with Governor Cox
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Constitution

A Time To Build

May 04, 2021 03:59 PM
Conversation with Yuval Levin
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Constitution

Conversation with Ambassador Jeff Flake

November 12, 2020 09:00 AM
How resilient are America’s core institutions in the wake of a tumultuous election?
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