Gender Matters in Writing… And Parenting.

by Katy Faust | Nov 17, 2017 | Studies, The Latest

Supporters of gay marriage have aggressively promoted the idea that “all kids need is love.” They argue that children do not specifically need the love of their father or the love of their mother, just generic “love.”  For that to be the case, there must be no...

Divorce is Bad for Your Kid’s Health

by Jennifer | Aug 7, 2017 | Studies, The Latest

Mountains of evidence confirm that children do best when they live with their married biological parents; no alternative family structure affords children the level of protection and stability as their natural family. Children under the pressure of a broken family...

Same-Sex Parenting: Key Research Findings & What Studies Reveal

by Katy Faust | May 22, 2017 | Foundations, Studies

It’s difficult to unearth the truth with all the noise and fanfare surrounding the studies that purport to show “no difference” between children raised in the home of same-sex parents and those raised in the home of their married mother and father. It’s...

Study: Involved Fathers Make Babies Smarter (and that’s unacceptable)

by Millie Fontana | May 19, 2017 | Studies, The Latest

It is endlessly shocking to me that an argument erupts every time a new study comes out promoting traditional mother- and father-based parenting.  Case in point: A new study revealed that babies who spend quality time with their fathers perform better in cognitive...

What’s so bad about divorce?

by Jennifer | May 15, 2017 | Foundations, Studies

Reams of research testify to marriage being a force for good in the lives of children and statistically, the home of a child’s married mother and father is the safest place for a child. However, Them Before Us does not advocate for “marriage at all...

Third Party Reproduction Vs. Adoption- there’s a big difference.

by Katy Faust | Apr 17, 2017 | Foundations, Studies

Them Before Us is categorically against third-party reproduction.  We are also whole-hearted supporters of adoption. Both adoption and donor-conception involve loss for children.  In both situations a child is living with at least one non-biological parent.  Donor...