Marriage Education Initiative
Teaching Marriage to Welfare Moms()
August 29, 2005 When President Bush announced in 2001 that his administration was going to devote $1.5 billion to promote marriage, his critics said the initiative was one more way the president was trying to advance the cause of his conservative supporters. In the first of a series of reports on teaching marriage skills, Alix Spiegel profiles an Oklahoma program for women on welfare.
'The Four Horsemen': Why Marriages Fail()
August 30, 2005 The second installment of the Day to Day series on marriage education examines the 20 years of research providing the intellectual underpinning of a federally-backed marriage education curriculum. Psychologists have identified four key problems that lead to divorce: criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling.
SmartMarriages: Devoted to Saving Couples()
August 31, 2005 Part three of the Day to Day series on marriage education profiles a traveling conference called SmartMarriages. A diverse collection of people have devoted their careers to teaching people how to have a successful marriage — but their ideologies often clash on the exhibit floor.
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