FAMILY

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The Family

The Family Foundation is committed to the fact, and social science has now clearly demonstrated, that children do best when raised by their own biological mother and father who are committed to one another in a lifelong marriage. Indeed, the data demonstrate that adults also thrive in this same family structure. Other forms of the family often arise from rejection or ambivalence between the parents, before or after marriage. This may include ambivalence about marriage (cohabitation), or the rejection by one of the parents of the other, as is the case in divorce, remarried step families (where there is almost always a history of rejection for at least one of the spouses), single parenthood, or step-cohabiting parenthood. Regardless, every one of these parents needs love and support as they perform the noble and difficult task of parenting.

The family is the great generator, and the intact family the greatest generator, of human capital (knowledge, attitudes, skills and habits of the individual), and of much financial savings and capital as well. The vast majority of small businesses (out of which eventually grow the large businesses of the nation) begin as family businesses, started on the savings of family and relatives, and on the human capital formed by parental investment in the education of children.

Parental Rights

The Family Foundation believes that both the responsibility and the authority for raising children rest primarily with their biological or adoptive parents. Government should empower parents to control the upbringing of their children and minimize its interference with the exercise of parental authority, except in cases of demonstrable abuse or neglect. Specifically, public policy should protect the right and maximize the power of parents to choose the form of education they wish for their children, be it public schools, secular or religious private schools, or home schooling. Public schools should avoid undermining parental authority or interfering with transmission of parental values to their children. Medical procedures should not be performed on minors without parental consent, except in cases of medical emergency or public health necessity. The right of parents to lovingly discipline their children should not be infringed.

Adoption

The Family Foundation strongly supports adoption, particularly as an alternative to abortion or foster care. The purpose of adoption is not to provide children for adults who want them, but to provide families for children so they get the experience of intact married family life as much as possible. Adoption policy should therefore include a primary preference for placing children with a married mother and father, as long as such are available.
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Recent Family Related Blog Posts

CITIZEN: Benefits of Marriage – Part 2: Academics

Sep 28, 2021 | ,

Unfortunately, in America, marriage rates are at an all-time low. More and more individuals are now choosing to raise children as single parents or parents who cohabitate. That first institution – the Biblical plan for the family – however, is for one man and one...

CITIZEN: The Benefits of Marriage – Part 1: Economics

Aug 25, 2021 | ,

July/August 2021 Issue Editor’s Note: The first institution God created was the family (Genesis 1:27-28). God created the family in a unique and perfect way, and, when individuals submit to His plan for the family and parents abide by it, the blessings of God usually...

CITIZEN: Benefits of Marriage – Part 2: Academics

Sep 28, 2021 | ,

Unfortunately, in America, marriage rates are at an all-time low. More and more individuals are now choosing to raise children as single parents or parents who cohabitate. That first institution – the Biblical plan for the family – however, is for one man and one...

CITIZEN: The Benefits of Marriage – Part 1: Economics

Aug 25, 2021 | ,

July/August 2021 Issue Editor’s Note: The first institution God created was the family (Genesis 1:27-28). God created the family in a unique and perfect way, and, when individuals submit to His plan for the family and parents abide by it, the blessings of God usually...

CITIZEN: Benefits of Marriage – Part 2: Academics

Sep 28, 2021 | ,

Unfortunately, in America, marriage rates are at an all-time low. More and more individuals are now choosing to raise children as single parents or parents who cohabitate. That first institution – the Biblical plan for the family – however, is for one man and one...

CITIZEN: The Benefits of Marriage – Part 1: Economics

Aug 25, 2021 | ,

July/August 2021 Issue Editor’s Note: The first institution God created was the family (Genesis 1:27-28). God created the family in a unique and perfect way, and, when individuals submit to His plan for the family and parents abide by it, the blessings of God usually...

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Older Posts

Parents’ Bill of Rights

Jan 18, 2019 | , ,

This bill would affirm the fundamental right of parents to direct and consent to the medical care, education, upbringing and religious training of their children.  It requires the state to have a compelling interest before it restricts parental rights. It also...

Trail Life USA: A new option for boys, parents

Dec 18, 2018 |

“. . . that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God . . .” In the midst of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) shifting image and decline in membership, Trail Life USA has emerged with...

Tonya Moreland selected “KY Mother of the Year”

Dec 18, 2018 |

Wife of The Family Foundation policy analyst named “Kentucky Mother of the Year” and honored in Washington, D.C. Tonya Moreland, wife of The Family Foundation policy analyst David Moreland, was recently honored as the 2018 Kentucky Mother of the Year. She received the...

House Bill 1: Adoption and Foster Care Reform

Dec 18, 2018 | ,

Rep. David Meade In response to years of requests by citizens, legislators and professionals that the Adoption and Foster Care system in Kentucky be improved, the 2017 General Assembly created an adoption task force to review those systems. In December, the task force...

The C-J reporting fiasco

Dec 17, 2018 | ,

By Martin Cothran, Senior Policy Analyst for The Family Foundation If you had been monitoring Twitter on the weekend of March 3-4, you would have amazed to find out that The Family Foundation was in favor of child brides. That’s right. 13-year-olds no less. It wasn’t...

House Bill 1: Adoption and Foster Care Reform

Dec 17, 2018 | ,

Rep. David Meade: During the 2017 Legislative Session, In response to years of requests by citizens, legislators and professionals that the Adoption and Foster Care system in Kentucky be improved, the General Assembly created an adoption task force to review those...

Parents’ Bill of Rights

Jan 18, 2019 | , ,

This bill would affirm the fundamental right of parents to direct and consent to the medical care, education, upbringing and religious training of their children.  It requires the state to have a compelling interest before it restricts parental rights. It also...

Trail Life USA: A new option for boys, parents

Dec 18, 2018 |

“. . . that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God . . .” In the midst of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) shifting image and decline in membership, Trail Life USA has emerged with...

Tonya Moreland selected “KY Mother of the Year”

Dec 18, 2018 |

Wife of The Family Foundation policy analyst named “Kentucky Mother of the Year” and honored in Washington, D.C. Tonya Moreland, wife of The Family Foundation policy analyst David Moreland, was recently honored as the 2018 Kentucky Mother of the Year. She received the...

House Bill 1: Adoption and Foster Care Reform

Dec 18, 2018 | ,

Rep. David Meade In response to years of requests by citizens, legislators and professionals that the Adoption and Foster Care system in Kentucky be improved, the 2017 General Assembly created an adoption task force to review those systems. In December, the task force...

The C-J reporting fiasco

Dec 17, 2018 | ,

By Martin Cothran, Senior Policy Analyst for The Family Foundation If you had been monitoring Twitter on the weekend of March 3-4, you would have amazed to find out that The Family Foundation was in favor of child brides. That’s right. 13-year-olds no less. It wasn’t...

House Bill 1: Adoption and Foster Care Reform

Dec 17, 2018 | ,

Rep. David Meade: During the 2017 Legislative Session, In response to years of requests by citizens, legislators and professionals that the Adoption and Foster Care system in Kentucky be improved, the General Assembly created an adoption task force to review those...

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