Family Matters
What to know: There’s a growing marriage gap; young men are more likely than young women to say that marriage and family are more important to their future.
The TPPF take: Our culture is sending negative messages about getting married and having children.
“Young Texans are being told by our culture and by misguided government policy that marriage and family are too expensive, too risky, or simply outdated. That message is wrong, and it has left too many children without the stability they deserve,” says TPPF’s Hannah Bruck. “Texas must take a confident, unapologetically pro-family approach that strengthens marriage, promotes responsible fatherhood, protects parental rights, reforms child welfare, and shields children from harmful digital platforms.”
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And Here’s An Example
What to know: Texas A&M shut down its Women and Gender Studies degree program, a move that Ms. Magazine calls “devastating.”
The TPPF take: Texas A&M is right to end that program.
“Exactly how does a women and gender studies program, which places ideology over empirical data, identity over merit, and activism over scholarship advance the values of a serious university like Texas A&M?” asks TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester. “And then come the intersectionalities. Entire courses are devoted to ranking oppression based on sex, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, religion, body type — whatever category happens to be in fashion. Students are taught not to see themselves as individuals, but as political identities nested inside grievance hierarchies.”
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No More Walkouts
What to know: The Texas Education Agency says it’s cracking down on schools that allow students to walk out to protest ICE.
The TPPF take: Students should not be used to advance the political arguments of adults.
“School districts cannot simultaneously claim that students are its responsibility during the school day while asserting that no action will be taken if students simply decide to leave campus,” says TPPF’s Brian Phillips. “Once again, public education appears to be drifting further from what parents expect: schools focused on rigorous, age-appropriate academics, not institutions that place children at the center of adult political controversies.”
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