RECOMMENDED READING
Strong families are the foundation of a healthy society. Especially at a time when cultural, political, and economic trends have pushed marriage and fertility rates to record lows, it is crucial for policy-makers to have a clear vision of how public policy might better support family life. One of the primary aims of our politics should be empowering mothers and fathers to better live out their obligations to each other, to their children, and to their communities.
In its ideal form, the family is the social institution by which children are brought into existence, raised, and prepared to take on responsibilities as they grow into maturity. Though no family is perfect, families are small, cohesive communities that should be respected as having both a social and economic role and function. Parents bear the primary and ultimate responsibility to nurture, shape, and educate their children. As such, they should be afforded space, shielded from inappropriate state intrusion or undue market pressures, to fulfill their responsibilities and live out their irreplaceable function.
Recommended Reading
American Compass Releases Conservative Economic Agenda for 118th Congress
Today, American Compass is releasingĀ New Direction: Conservative Principles & Policies for the 118thĀ Congress,Ā an agenda for economic renewal, focused on the interests of worker, their families and communities, and the nation.
Put Working Families at the Front of the Line for Help
American Compass executive director Oren Cass argues that aĀ policy that sustains people in joblessness is not ultimately anti-poverty.
A Family Tree: The Past and Present of Public Policy and the American Family
The American family may have entered a period of crisis, but a rich conservative literatureāfrom political philosophy to sociology to journalismācan help us to better understand the root causes and guide policy reforms to the family’s renewal.
