Brad Wilcox
@BradWilcoxIFS
Professor @UVA | Fellow @FamStudies | Fellow @AEI | Book: GET MARRIED https://www.amazon.com/Get-Married-Americans-Families-Civilization/dp/0063210851/ref=sr
The new book just dropped. It is about all the most important things: ✔️ Sex ✔️ Money ✔️ Kids ✔️ Love ✔️ Happiness & ✔️ Saving Civilization Buy a copy at your local bookstore or here: harpercollins.com/products/get-m…
My BEST adult friendships have been forged with the parents of my kids' friends. Adults with overlapping -- but not nearly identical -- interests & values are able to develop meaningful connections because we recognize those whose priorities are compatible with our own.
There is a real disconnect between social media and real life on this question. If you were to scroll my instagram feed, you'd think motherhood is either 1) trad wife perfection or 2) (much most volume like this) awful drudgery that fuels resentment and unhappiness.
Who wants to tell @Aella_Girl? Increasingly, childless adults are the least happy Americans.
The new data is in: Divorce probabilities for couples who married more recently start out much lower. Estimates from Yifeng Wan @UVA: ifstudies.org/blog/no-longer…
Nearly 80% of married college-educated women in the U.S. can expect their marriages to last 20+ years. As divorce rates decline, that number may rise even further. @FamStudies: ifstudies.org/blog/the-us-di…
Coupling rates and divorce rates are both in pretty obvious decline, at the same time. It's sort of interesting that NYC media runs a lot of essays about how shitty marriage is these days when the real story is that marriage is becoming much rarer and much more stable. Today's…
The new data is in: Divorce probabilities for couples who married more recently start out much lower. Estimates from Yifeng Wan @UVA: ifstudies.org/blog/no-longer…
People who cheat on their spouses are more likely to cheat at work, too. Evidence: Marital infidelity predicts 2-3x greater odds of professional misconduct among CEOs, financial advisors, and police officers. Integrity is not a 9-5 job. Character counts in every part of life.
“Is marriage really a ‘coin toss’?” No, not any more. @UVA’s Yifeng Wan with a new divorce estimate. ifstudies.org/blog/no-longer… @FamStudies
Colombia also has: 1) Housing affordability crisis 2) Very late age for moving out of family/house 3) Very High experienced densities in its cities (But also in the rural áreas where people live in towns) 4) An anti natal culture stemming from years of public policiy
Colombia has had one of the fastest fertility drops in the world, from 2.57 births/woman in 2000 all the way down to 1.2 in 2024. How can it be that Colombia, with a GDP of 7K per year, has a fertility so much lower than the US? And why is this happening across Latin America? 🧵
+ kids are big vehicles for social activities today. School. Sports. Neighborhood pool. Church. Etc.
extremely tragic if predictable iteration of the how it started/ how it’s going meme
She confuses “hard things” with “bad things.” But the best things are also the hardest things.
Who wants to tell @Aella_Girl? Increasingly, childless adults are the least happy Americans.
More evidence that just giving low-income adults money isn’t enough to meaningfully improve their lives…
1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids?
While “elite” Americans benefit greatly from family stability, “it is rare they publicly encourage others to [do likewise]. Scheffler has displayed the benefits of marriage & family in his actions & in his words, emboldening others to do the same” ifstudies.org/blog/pro-famil…
Stay at Home Wives most common for ✔️High-earning husbands & ✔️Husbands & 25th percentile New from @lymanstoneky:
You wouldn't get this from @Cobratate but new research from @lymanstoneky indicates that successful men tend to marry their equals in terms of education & age:
Men don’t get the same level of support during the breakdown of a relationship. But relationship breakdown is a significant risk factor for suicidal thoughts, attempts, and deaths among men. New research highlights that younger men are particularly vulnerable, with separated…
It is “refreshing to see @Nike pick up on this theme in its recent ad.”
While “elite” Americans benefit greatly from family stability, “it is rare they publicly encourage others to [do likewise]. Scheffler has displayed the benefits of marriage & family in his actions & in his words, emboldening others to do the same” ifstudies.org/blog/pro-famil…