Nicholas Zill

2 weeks ago | aei.org | Brad Wilcox |Ian Rowe |Richard Reeves |Nicholas Zill

Children in Virginia are more likely to flourish when their fathers are engaged and/or present.

Oct 1, 2024 | aei.org | Brad Wilcox |Andrew Brown |Nicholas Zill |Nicholas Armstrong

The family is the fundamental unit of society. As Pope Saint John Paul II so eloquently stated, “as the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.” Unfortunately, rates of marriage and family formation have hit record lows across the nation in recent years. This report focuses on family dynamics in Texas, identifies barriers to marriage and family formation in the Lone Star State, and proposes a pro-family policy agenda for the state.

Mar 4, 2024 | ifstudies.org | Nicholas Zill

The topic of children’s mental health received a great deal of attention during and following the COVID pandemic. In 2023, the Surgeon General of the U.S. issued an advisory on the apparent upsurge in youth mental health problems, calling it the “crisis of our time.”1 But amid the many reports issued by professional associations and federal and state agencies, a curious lack of attention has been paid to the roles that family dynamics play in creating or ameliorating stress for children.

Jan 10, 2024 | ifstudies.org | Nicholas Zill

In 2021,I reported that the proportion of children living in traditional two-parent families had stopped declining and appeared to be increasing or at least levelling off. The number of children under 18 living with two parents had fallen from 88% in 1960 to just over two-thirds in 2005, as may be seen in Figure One.

Oct 31, 2023 | ifstudies.org | Nicholas Zill

In 2021, one-in-four couples in the U.S. who had a child together also had children by other previous partners.1 These parents have divided loyalties because one or both have emotional ties and financial obligations to the prior children, many of whom do not live with their biological father and mother.