Healthy Marriage Project and
Marriage Education in the News
Top 10 List for Raising Children for
Successful Marriages
November Top Ten List from the Heritage Foundation
1. Family Structure and Perception of Marriage. Compared with peers from
other family structures, men and women who grew up in intact families are
more likely to believe that it is better to marry than remain single and
that marriage is a lifelong commitment.
2. Home Environment and Marital Quality. Individuals who grew up in families
that were less functional and had more tension tend to have more difficulty
managing the demands of their own marriages.
By Marissa LangSacramento Bee
Published: Sunday, Jul. 26, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 3B
Sitting quietly along the edges of three tables forming a "U," 17 men – some fidgeting, some rocking infants in their arms – listened.
It was the women's turn to talk.
The Healthy Marriage Project seeks to keep couples together during tough economic times.
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By Kealy JaynesGranite Bay Gazette
Published: Thursday, March 05, 2009
In June 2006, former Granite Bay High School student Stephanie Bagan waited with hundreds of her classmates in anticipation.
Her hair was done. Her makeup was flawless. She smoothed the edges of her gown as she sat.
She waited for her cue, stood up and marched ceremoniously down the aisles of chairs to take her place by the stage. Her name is called and the eyes of gathered friends and family turn to watch to the senior girl confidently cross the stage and accept her diploma.
Facing the future with a smile, she could have never guessed little more than two years later would find her in a similar situation – only this time when she walked down the aisle, she would be wearing white.
