The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families

By James F. Wilson. 2002

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Same‐Sex Parent Families and Children's Academic Achievement (2012, background): “Researchers have examined the ‘‘essential father,’’ and the male caregiver can play an important role in children’s maturation (Blankenhorn, 1995; Booth & Crouter, 1998; Wilson, 2002), but such studies have not unequivocally proven that both sexes are required for healthy development (for a review, ”
Handbook of divorce and relationship dissolution. (2006, background): “Some scholars view the retreat from marriage and the corresponding spread of single-parent families as a cause for alarm (Glenn, 1996; Popenoe, 1996; Waite & Gallagher, 2000; Whitehead, 1993; Wilson, 2002).”
How Does the Gender of Parents Matter (2010, background): “Boys need fathers, proponents claim (Blankenhorn, 1995; Popenoe, 1996; Wilson, 2002), to develop appropriate masculine identity and to inhibit antisocial behaviors like violence, criminality, and substance abuse; in contrast, fathers foster heterosexual femininity in daughters and help deter…”
Children and Adolescents With Same-Gender Parents: A Meta-Analytic Approach in Assessing Outcomes (2015, background): “Policy debates, legislation rulings, and sociocultural messages dictate the importance of a mother and father figure in children and adolescents’ lives (for a review on the debate see Biblarz & Stacey, 2010; Wilson, 2002).”