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		<title>Do Kids Need a Mom and a Dad? The University of Chicago biz school study</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/12/do-kids-need-a-mom-and-a-dad-the-university-of-chicago-biz-school-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I discussed a Life-Style Leftist blogman’s outraged response to a perfectly reasonable statement about a very sound study, and analyzed the rhetorical strategy of accusing your opponent of saying  something he didn’t say. In this post, I want to talk about the substance of the study, what it shows and what it doesn’t. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Nobody Gets Married Any More, Mister”</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/08/%e2%80%9cnobody-gets-married-any-more-mister%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/08/%e2%80%9cnobody-gets-married-any-more-mister%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An urban high school teacher in Connecticut talks about unwed motherhood, fatherlessness, and how it affects the kids in his classroom. by Gerry Garibaldi &#8230;Here’s my prediction: the money, the reforms, the gleaming porcelain, the hopeful rhetoric about saving our children—all of it will have a limited impact, at best, on most city schoolchildren. Urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Cameron on the Family: Dr J on Issues Etc</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/22/david-cameron-on-the-family-dr-j-on-issues-etc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/22/david-cameron-on-the-family-dr-j-on-issues-etc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow on my regular Issues Etc segment, I will talk about David Cameron&#8217;s recent speech on the importance of the family. Some of the worst aspects of human nature tolerated, indulged – sometimes even incentivised – by a state and its agencies that in parts have become literally de-moralised. So do we have the determination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More US Women Having Children With Different Biological Fathers</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/03/more-us-women-having-children-with-different-biological-fathers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/03/more-us-women-having-children-with-different-biological-fathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Totally not cool. Those poor kids. Twenty percent of US mothers have children with different biological fathers, a study presented at the Population Association of America meeting revealed today. Cassandra Dorius, from the University of Michigan Institute of Social research added that mothers of multiple children of different biological fathers tend to be less educated, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Young Adults: Be Part of the Marriage Solution!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/01/05/young-adults-be-part-of-the-marriage-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/01/05/young-adults-be-part-of-the-marriage-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=5129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ruth Institute Launches Contest to Promote Positive Views of Lifelong Marriage SAN MARCOS, CA – The Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage Education Fund, announces its first annual Reel Love Challenge, a video contest for young adults, aged 18-30. The contest is open to all young adults, married or single, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are tots really OK when mum goes back to work?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/11/09/are-tots-really-ok-when-mum-goes-back-to-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/11/09/are-tots-really-ok-when-mum-goes-back-to-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan One of the most studied aspects of childhood in recent decades is early, non-maternal childcare. Research tends to show benefits for a child’s cognitive development but not for emotional wellbeing and behaviour. Now a study has found that youngsters are less likely to succeed at school if their mothers return to work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Small Effects</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/10/05/on-small-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/10/05/on-small-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Blog Villainous Company: From the author of a longitudinal study of the long term effects of early child care: &#8220;In America today, it is normative for children to start childcare at some point in the first year of life and stay there until they start school. This is the case for over 50% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Flash: Sex Discrimination is Finished</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/14/news-flash-sex-discrimination-is-finished/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/14/news-flash-sex-discrimination-is-finished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Economists have known for a long time that discrimination per se accounts for relatively minor part of the wage differences between men and women. By far the largest factor is the impact of children on people&#8217; work/life decisions. Children affect men and women differently. This was already very apparent in data when I started in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red and Blue Families</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/29/red-and-blue-families/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/29/red-and-blue-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington Times Columnist Cheryl Wetzstein interviewed me for this article on the new book Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture. Cheryl ably summarizes the basic premise of the book: In blue states, families tend to be well-educated, have high-paying jobs, be tolerant of diversity and be politically liberal. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen pregnancy: It’s the attitude, stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/07/teen-pregnancy-it%e2%80%99s-the-attitude-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/07/teen-pregnancy-it%e2%80%99s-the-attitude-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The thought of kids having kids is really disturbing to me. I had my first child when I was 25, and I can say, it&#8217;s serious business. I can&#8217;t imagine doing it while trying to go to high school or even college. And who is really going to be raising these children anyhow? My guess is, the grandmothers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obamacare and the Family</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/31/obamacare-and-the-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/03/31/obamacare-and-the-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What else is buried in The Tomb of the Unknown Health Care Bill? Over at NRO, John Graham points out one of the implications for the family. Commenting on the fact that health insurers are now required to cover subscribers&#8217; children until they turn 26: The idea of a 26-year old &#8220;child&#8221; is curious in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A climate-change moment for marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/a-climate-change-moment-for-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/a-climate-change-moment-for-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who are we kidding, people? Can anyone really argue that the trend toward cohabiting vs. marrying and single parenthood vs. natural two-parent biological parenthood is a good thing? What are those crazy Brits thinking? (And I&#8217;m half British, by the way.) Just like it&#8217;s a no brainer that food straight from the ground is far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK reports says ‘don’t try to fix the family’</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/uk-reports-says-%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-try-to-fix-the-family%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/14/uk-reports-says-%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-try-to-fix-the-family%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, basically Britain has given up on the traditional family. The Family and Parenting Institute&#8217;s new chief executive might as well resign and disband the institute then. Carolyn Moynihan Golly, it’s hard to keep up with the Brits and their reports on families and parenting. You would think that government and academics actually understood something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admitting Sex is Procreative – a Surprising Proposal to Curb Nonmarital Births</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/09/admitting-sex-is-procreative-%e2%80%93-a-surprising-proposal-to-curb-nonmarital-births/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/09/admitting-sex-is-procreative-%e2%80%93-a-surprising-proposal-to-curb-nonmarital-births/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Helen M. Alvaré, J.D., Senior Fellow in Law and Academic Advisory Board Member of the Ruth Institute. This is the last in my series of columns on out of wedlock births.  By now you know that 4 in 10 U.S. births are nonmarital; this rises to 7 in 10 for African-American Women, and  5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon and Kate plus Eight minus Sane Divorce Laws</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/06/jon-and-kate-plus-eight-minus-sane-divorce-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/06/jon-and-kate-plus-eight-minus-sane-divorce-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Helen M. Alvaré, J.D., Senior Fellow in Law “Jon and Kate plus Eight.” “Kate plus Eight.” “Jon and the Other Kate.” If there was ever a time we wanted to shield our eyes from supermarket tabloids, this must be it.  Yet, while their story is topping the pop culture charts, it seems fitting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADMITTING SEX IS PROCREATIVE &#8211;  A SURPRISING PROPOSAL TO CURB NON-MARITAL BIRTHS</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/06/admitting-sex-is-procreative-a-surprising-proposal-to-curb-non-marital-births/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/06/admitting-sex-is-procreative-a-surprising-proposal-to-curb-non-marital-births/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Helen M. Alvaré, J.D., Senior Fellow in Law, Culture of Life Foundation This is the last in my series of columns on out of wedlock births.  By now you know that 4 in 10 U.S. births are nonmarital; this rises to 7 in 10 for African-American Women, and  5 in 10 for Hispanic women, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help parents and you help the whole family</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/14/help-parents-and-you-help-the-whole-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carolyn Moynihan Mercatornet.com British family researchers seem to be working overtime to keep up with trends that have won the UK the label, Breakdown Britain. A new report from the relationship support organisation One Plus One reviews the evidence on the effects of marital or partnership breakdown on the wellbeing of both adults and children. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has the American Family Court System Become Totalitarian?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/12/has-the-american-family-court-system-become-totalitarian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. IN 2007, THE MEDIA HAD A FEEDING FRENZY around a voice-mail message actor Alec Baldwin left his daughter. He screamed at her for not answering her phone. The public was shocked: many assumed that he was yet another self-absorbed celebrity, with neither control over himself nor regard for his daughter. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Government Wants YOU…. to Stay in Love…..What?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/08/11/the-government-wants-you%e2%80%a6-to-stay-in-love%e2%80%a6-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Helen Alvaré, J.D., Senior Fellow in Law and Ruth Institute Advisory Board Member Several columns ago, I addressed the worry that our country’s nearly 40% out of wedlock birthrate might represent some sort of tipping point for marriage, for children’s well-being and for our society’s shared future. I reviewed in-depth interviews with single moms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Male/Female Problematic and Out of Wedlock Births</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/07/06/the-malefemale-problematic-and-out-of-wedlock-births-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/07/06/the-malefemale-problematic-and-out-of-wedlock-births-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By by Helen Alvaré, J.D. Senior Fellow in Law and Ruth Institute Advisory Board Member In my last column, I concluded that while public and private actors have taken many different and sometimes logical approaches to reducing out of wedlock pregnancies, they have also missed a crucial aspect of the problem: the difficulties men and [...]]]></description>
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