Brad Wilcox

@WilcoxNMP

Professor & Director, National Marriage Project | Senior Fellow, | Visiting Scholar |

Charlottesville, Virginia
nationalmarriageproject.org/about/director/
Joined January 2013
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  1. 5 hours ago

    “More effective than realised, the one-child policy put the brakes on China’s economic growth, created a state pension time bomb, and forced Beijing to export excess capacity, reshaping the global economy” ⁦⁩

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  2. 15 hours ago

    The beginning of the end:

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    Feb 21

    "children living in a household with an unrelated adult were about nine times more likely to be physically, sexually, or emotionally abused than children raised in an intact nuclear family." From

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  4. 24 hours ago

    "How can CTC both increase access to non-parental child care while reducing use of formal day care centers? As Zheng show[s], $1000 increase in CTC also contributes to 13.4 percentage pt increase in probability of children being looked after by relatives. Family to the rescue."

    New research finds the Child Tax Credit boosts labor force participation for single moms, yet the same study also found the CTC reduces the use of day care centers. How? By giving parents the flexibility to arrange home & family-based child care. 👍
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    Dec 11

    New research w in Demography: “Recent Trends in U.S. Childbearing Intentions.” TFR ⬇️ during the last decade, but unclear whether people are planning to have fewer kids than their predecessors or if intended parity stable but postponing 🧵:

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  6. Dec 11

    6. When Opening Gifts, Take Time to Savor Them 7. Experiences Are Better Than Things 8. Rather Than Gifts, Give Letters 9. Encourage the Children to Write “Thank You” Notes 10. Give the Gift of Time

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  7. Dec 11

    10 Ways to ‘Unspoil’ Your Kids This Christmas, by 1. Focus on Service 2. Focus on Your Neighborhood 3. Try a Secret Santa Drop 4. Give Something Exciting 5. Reduce the Amount of Gifts They Receive

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  8. Dec 11

    Share of young adults intending 0 kids is rising 👇🏽

    5) Among younger age groups: declines in intended parity + increases in intending 0 kids (e.g. increase from 7% to 11% intending 0 among 15-19):
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  9. Dec 11

    More & more, I see people treating pets like family--in stores, on social media, in Christmas Cards, etc. Makes sense, as marriage⬇️childbearing⬇️. But can they really serve as functional replacements for family?'s latest suggests a "no" to that question.

    4. But despite the "man's best friend" CW, we don't see any evidence that people with pets are doing better in the happiness dept. In fact, pet owners are generally less happy, according to . Of course...
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  10. Dec 11

    Durkheim was not wrong

    GALLUP MENTAL HEALTH STUDY: the only people in America doing better this year than last are weekly church attenders.
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  11. Dec 10

    “I just see a narrative of childbearing as becoming more and more about personal choice, that if you have kids, it’s on you to raise them.”

    Great interview of on Covid-19 and the future of having children and a wide range of contemporary fertility topics.
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    Dec 10

    "men are more likely to use alcohol and drugs to cope with anxiety, so what looks like a drinking problem may actually be an underlying anxiety disorder...anxiety in men often manifests as anger...Men are 3 times more likely to die by suicide than women"

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    Dec 10

    Pet Owners Are Less Happy Than Americans Without Pets

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    Dec 10

    1. Pet mania - as measured by ownership, $, and time w/ cats 🐈‍⬛. and dogs 🐕- is surging. But do pets make us happy, and does pet ownership serve as a functional substitute for marriage/parenthood? 🤔 all this

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  15. Dec 10

    Almost like work and marriage are powerfully tied to people's happiness...

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    Sorry, graph here:
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    Dec 10

    I'll ask my dog about this.

    4. But despite the "man's best friend" CW, we don't see any evidence that people with pets are doing better in the happiness dept. In fact, pet owners are generally less happy, according to . Of course...
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    Dec 10

    Thread👇👇

    1. Pet mania - as measured by ownership, $, and time w/ cats 🐈‍⬛. and dogs 🐕- is surging. But do pets make us happy, and does pet ownership serve as a functional substitute for marriage/parenthood? 🤔 all this
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  18. Dec 10

    New from : Share of Americans reporting emotional well-being "Excellent" fell to new low in '20: Just 34% say they are in "Excellent" mental health. "Excellent" mental health by, AOT, marital status: Married: 41% Unmarried: 27%

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    Dec 10
    Replying to

    Counterpoint

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    Dec 9

    A wise friend once told me to make sure I never got captured by my audience.

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