by Them Before Us | Sep 30, 2019 | Stories |
I was nine years old when my parents told me they were getting a divorce. I was coming home from summer camp. I’d had a horseback-riding accident at camp and fell on my arm. I needed to see a doctor. My parents picked me up together. I told them about my arm, but they...
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...
by Them Before Us | Apr 12, 2017 | Stories |
My father left my mom with four kids and never came back. We had not seen him for approximately 4 years when he died suddenly. My mom remarried a couple of years after my bio dad left. The man she married is still my step father to this day, forty years later. He...
by Katy Faust | Mar 30, 2017 | Studies |
“All kids need are two loving adults.” “If the parents are happy, the kids will be happy.” “Love makes a family.” We’ve all heard these platitudes in the debate over marriage and family structure. It sounds really nice....
