#HDFS284 EC2! Why do some emerging adults prefer ambiguity instead of clarity in their romantic relationships? In other words, why do some people avoid the DTR (define the relationship) talk? Read the blog post, then thoughtfully reply to this tweet. decidetocommit.com/getting-comfor…

The Road to Infidelity Passes Through Multiple Sexual Partners ifstudies.org/blog/the-road-… James McQuivey

⁦Pew Research Center⁩ put out a substantial reports on a large survey on cohabitation and marriage yesterday. ⁦Belinda Luscombe⁩ wrote a terrific article about it that captures a lot of the results and nuances. I highly recommend this piece. time.com/5718695/marria…

Excellent summary by ⁦Alysse ElHage⁩ of recent report by ⁦Pew Research Center⁩ on cohabitation in USA. Covers and highlights with additional insights about key findings. ifstudies.org/blog/marriage-…

Brad Wilcox @socofthesacred And, as a follow up, Galena Rhoades and applied this thinking in some analyses we did on weddings and the number of wedding guests. ifstudies.org/blog/planning-…

“Rather than trying to convince others you're right and they're wrong, commit to learning about and trying to understand others’ points of view... In other words, bring light. And leave the heat behind. This isn’t the place for an argument.” heterodoxacademy.org/advice-for-tha… @DebMashekHxA

Many of you know of our work on how premarital cohabitation that precedes either marriage or engagement (let’s call this pre-commitment cohabitation) is associated with lower commitment, relationship quality, and higher odds of divorce. Here’s a study I’ve not written about. 1/x

"Most I spoke with described feeling welcome to share their ideas Princeton University -- a number of students and faculty specifically mentioned that the school’s president has made a point of creating space for diverse viewpoints." theatlantic.com/politics/archi… Emma Green The Atlantic

The best conservative minds should devote themselves to articulating conservative visions of the humanities and social sciences, not just by championing their favorite canonical works, but with direction for future scholarship, argues Avi Woolf, Wilderness Conservative🐺 Arc Digital arcdigital.media/ideological-di…

When it comes to family, California elites tend to “talk left” but “live right,” per new The Institute for Family Studies report ifstudies.org/blog/happily-e…

In every romantic relationship there will be off days in which you feel out of sync with your partner, and are perhaps even frustrated with each other. Decide on those days to find the good in your partner, and be patient, kind, and help each other. #DecideToCommit #Dedication

VERY big fan of work Jonathan Haidt has done in Heterodox Academy 1 diagnosing an epidemic: intolerance of ideas (& people who hold them) you disagree w/ & how it's homogenizing + dividing us 2 doing something about it EXCELLENT short vid on REASON + HETERODOXY over orthodoxy...

My mother's best parenting advice was "don't just do something, stand there." [from Haim Ginott] That may be even better advice during lockdown, as Lenore Skenazy explains:

Of Note: The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing ja.ma/2yb4dMf

11. In conclusion, I have changed my mind from engaging with critics. "Screen time” does not make teens depressed (though smartphones have hi opportunity costs). But heavy use of social media--esp. for girls--emerges from many datasets as the main exception to that statement.

This article will challenge most people I know to look at our social media “conversations” with more compassion for the lack of consistency that is so common. Our Big Fight Over Nothing: The Political Spectrum Does Not Exist heterodoxacademy.org/social-science…

One-in-Four Millennials in their 30s Are Unmoored from the Institution of Family. Is this the new normal? What will “family” look like in 40 years? ifstudies.org/blog/one-in-fo…

Friday Five: Arguments between couples: Our neurons like mediation sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

Friday Five: Cohabitation vs Marriage: Mating Strategies by Education in the USA sites.uclouvain.be/econ/DP/IRES/2…

In the time points leading up to marriage, ever perceiving one’s partner to be less committed than oneself—even a little bit—was one of the best predictors of unhappiness in marriage. ifstudies.org/blog/what-a-gr…