The single most important factor in a child’s healthy development is the stable relationship of the parents. On every measure of successful development, including happiness, children from stable families fare best....
In the first six years of Marriage Foundation we have focused on establishing the reality of family stability and instability: what actually happens to couples and their children, who stays together and who splits up. This is transforming the debate about marriage which, previously, had been obscured by myths and misconceptions.
This briefing note draws together our most significant findings to date.
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Mummy’s boys may be the butt of jokes and subject to name-calling, but they actually fare better in roughing out the challenges of teenage life …
More men in the UK are holding out ‘to meet the right person’ before getting married than women, a new survey published today revealed. Thirty-five …
Couples who plan their first pregnancy have a higher chance of staying together long-term than those who do not, a new study from Marriage Foundation …
British adults whose parents were married at the time of their birth were 16 per cent less likely to ever receive benefits, a new study …
Government under pressure to back marriage as cost of family breakdown hits £51 billion Family support minister Kit Malthouse will face questioning today by MPs …
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 …
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