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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    Feb 21

    1. Many people have asked me for my response to article, "The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake." Here's my response👇🏽. I agree w/ his idea that...

    From the pop culture (think ) to the prestige press, you might think "marriage is more endangered than ever—and that this might not be such a bad thing." But you'd be wrong on both scores. My latest w/ Hal Boyd:
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    Weinstein found guilty on two counts , first degree sexual assault and third degree rape

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    Youth behavior trends in the United States, 9th grade (14-15 years old). Video games replacing all the other vices.

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    Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, they're all running on the same treadmill: they won't address the fundamental problems of labor insecurity, hyper-competition, long education, and inflexible family norms, so they throw out tons of money for very little effect.

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    Whenever Singapore claims to be taking pro-natal measures, you must first remember that these pro-natal measures come alongside a stupendously successful campaign of birth-suppression among their female working class, i.e. non-resident women.

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    "One of the purposes of my Atlantic essay was to take a subject that is usually the province of conservatives—family breakdown— & frame it in a way that resonates with progressives." in his response to today

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    Hence, the unrest among the working class.

    "Between 2005 and 2014, in Europe, rather than the middle classes, the *working class* (especially unskilled workers) saw its relative economic condition worsen more"
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    "Between 2005 and 2014, in Europe, rather than the middle classes, the *working class* (especially unskilled workers) saw its relative economic condition worsen more"

    Untied knot: the relation between social class and work-related income. A new study by , Ballarino and De Luca shows that the working class (not the middle class) is the real loser of income reshuffling between 2005 & 2014
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    There was a lot of befuddlement about Sanders' appeal on cable news this weekend. This chart is a good place to start if you want to understand why his message is resonating at this moment.

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    Wow, this is moving and beautiful. Stop what you’re doing and read David’s reflection on the larger “nuclear family” discussion, at and .

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    “'It turns out that the relationship between nuclear families and larger communities is more symbiotic than substitutionary, more interdependent than interchangeable.' This is the crucial truth I suspect we all agree on."

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    The decline in fertility rates in the Nordic countries over the last decade were heavily concentrated at ages below 30. But declines above age 30 are noticable and forecasted to impact cohort fertility. New WP out:

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    By isolating the nuclear family, you may end up creating a disfiguring vortex that ends up destroying it.

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    15 hours ago

    Fantastic essay in by the excellent on why traditional two-parent families (not just extended families or "forged" families) are still so valuable.

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    21 hours ago

    "A nuclear family headed by two loving married parents remains the most stable and safest environment for raising children," and Hal Boyd write:

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    23 hours ago

    . got mobbed recently for saying that exponential growth in a phenomenon is indicative of social contagion. I'm a specialist in a social contagion and he's right, this is a classic indication of the phenomenon.

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    Feb 22

    "A nuclear family headed by two loving married parents remains the most stable and safest environment for raising children," and Hal Boyd write :

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  18. Feb 23

    The exception here would be in high-conflict situations, including domestic violence:

    Replying to @GGBaskerville @allaboutchemist and 2 others
    When asked: "When's the best time to divorce?" in high-conflict homes, Judith Wallerstein wrote: "The sooner the better." p. 127-128 "What About The Kids"
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    Blakenhorn made this point years ago: a child of divorce experiences abandonment; a child orphaned by one parent is still “parented” by the memory of the lost father or mother. Surviving parent can appeal, “Your father/mother would (or wouldn’t) want that.”

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  20. Feb 23

    See also:

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  21. Feb 23

    Source: 's *Growing Up With a Single Parent*

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