NOTE: This is an database driven page of all the AV publications that have been classified as a "Family Scholars Publication." They can be sorted by category, title, date, or author.
While this sortable list of Family Scholars Publications "lives" on the Family Scholars website, the "learn more" links go to a database driven child page on the American Values website (unless the publication has its own website, like SOOU) where the user can see all the related info, links, purchase options, download options, video, etc. about that publication.
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Why Marriage Matters, Summarized30 Conclusions from the Social Sciences |
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The State of Our Unions 2011When Baby Makes Three: How Parenthood Makes Live Meaningful and How Marriage Makes Parenthood Bearable |
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One Parent or Five?A Global Look at Today's New Intentional Families |
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Why Marriage Matters, Third EditionThirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences |
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The State of Our Unions 2010When Marriage Disappears: The New Middle America |
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My Daddy's Name is DonorA Pathbreaking New Study of Young Adults Conceived Through Sperm Donation |
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Interconnections between Thrift and MarriageSalient Themes in the Research Literature |
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The State of Our Unions 2009Money & Marriage |
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The Marriage IndexA Proposal to Establish Leading Marriage Indicators |
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The American Family, 1988–2028Looking Back and Looking Forward |
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Divorce, Dads, and the Well-Being of ChildrenAnswering Common Research Questions |
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Is Religion an Answer?Marriage, Fatherhood, and the Male Problematic |
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The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed ChildbearingFirst-Ever Estimates for the Nation and All Fifty States |
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For A New RevisionismScholarship on the Black Family since the Moynihan Report |
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The Shift and the DenialScholarly Attitudes toward Family Change, 1977-2002 |
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Protectors or Perpetrators?Fathers, Mothers, and Child Abuse and Neglect |
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Authoritative CommunitiesThe Scientific Case for Nurturing the Whole Child |
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Baby Fathers and American Family FormationLow-Income, Never-Married Parents in Louisiana before Katrina |
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Responding to the Black Marriage CrisisA New Vision for Change |
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The Other Marriage PenaltyA New Proposal to Eliminate the Marriage Penalty for Low-Income Americans |
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Between Two WorldsThe Inner Lives of Children of Divorce |
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The Revolution in ParenthoodThe Emerging Global Clash Between Adult Rights and Children's Needs |
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Marriage and the LawA Statement of Principles |
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Reconceiving the FamilyCritique on the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution |
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Black Fathers in Contemporary American SocietyStrengths, Weaknesses, and Strategies for Change |
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The Consequences of Marriage for African AmericansA Comprehensive Literature Review |
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The Future of Family LawLaw and the Marriage Crisis in North America |
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The Motherhood StudyFresh Insights on Mothers' Attitudes and Concerns |
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Can Government Strengthen Marriage?Evidence from the Social Sciences |
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Why There Are No Good Men LeftThe Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman |
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Does Christianity Teach Male Headship?The Equal-Regard Marriage and Its Critics |
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Hardwired to ConnectThe New Scientific Case for Authoritative Communities |
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Does Divorce Make People Happy?Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages |
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Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Hoping for Mr. RightCollege Women on Mating and Dating Today |
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Watch Out for ChildrenA Mothers' Statement to Advertisers |
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The Book of MarriageThe Wisest Answers to the Toughest Questions |
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The Marriage MovementA Statement of Principles |
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The Age of Unwed MothersIs Teen Pregnancy the Problem? |
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The Fatherhood MovementA Call to Action |
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The Course of True LoveMarriage in High School Text Books |
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The Divorce CultureRethinking Our Commitments to Marriage and Family |
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A Call to Civil SocietyWhy Democracy Needs Moral Truths |
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Closed Hearts, Closed MindsThe Textbook Story of Marriage |
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Fatherless AmericaConfronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem |
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Promises to KeepThe Decline and Renewal of Marriage in America |
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Seedbeds of VirtueSources of Competence, Character, and Citizenship in American Society |
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Marriage in AmericaA Report to the Nation |































































