Family breakdown linked to mental health problems in teens
It shouldn’t be contentious. Yet somehow it is. You might imagine that the way our parents behave towards each other and how they behave towards us ought to be a major factor in how we develop as teenagers. After all, our parents are the most important people in our lives. We see them at close […]
Press Release – Family breakdown top cause of poor child mental health
PRESS RELEASE FROM MARRIAGE FOUNDATION Date: 17 November 2017 Family breakdown top cause of poor child mental health, new report finds Family breakdown is the biggest factor behind the UK’s child mental health crisis, a new Marriage Foundation report has found. More than a third of (36 per cent) children whose parents had split up […]
Reforming Family Law: Why Marriage Foundation has been campaigning for full scale Family law reform since launch
November 2017 The laws and statutes which govern the formation and termination of stable, long term relationships and the consequences on their termination are no longer fit for purpose. This briefing sets out the background to some of the issues that are currently being raised and how our concern to champion marriage can be furthered […]
Maybe, just maybe, the tide is turning back to marriage
For the last few years, it’s become apparent that the trend away from marriage has at least paused, if not necessarily stopped. We have seen this in the population data – how many married or unmarried parents there are – and in the birth data – how many births to married and unmarried parents there are. […]
Tide turns for marriage as latest figures show uptick in couples tying the knot
MEDIA STATEMENT FROM MARRIAGE FOUNDATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tide turns for marriage as latest figures show uptick in couples tying the knot The latest ONS figures on families and household statistics for England & Wales show marriage rates are up after a long period of decline. Among families with dependent children, 61.9 per cent […]