The paterfamilias: male responsibility, traditional family, and wider society | Sam G. Hall
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The paterfamilias: male responsibility, traditional family, and wider society | Sam G. Hall

Tradition has withered, not rotted. Its very nature is perennial and therefore liable to re-emergence in the right conditions. Years worth of damage will take a corresponding number of years to heal, but within that framework, restoring the paterfamilias would undoubtedly create a societal ripple. If we wish to see broader changes, it is best to begin with the smallest compositional unit of society, i.e., the family itself.

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More rights but less happiness: is now really the best time to be a woman? | Nelly Huszcza
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More rights but less happiness: is now really the best time to be a woman? | Nelly Huszcza

While correlation doesn’t necessarily imply causation, married women have been proven to be generally happier than single women statistically. According to a report from the National Marriage Project, 47% of married women describe themselves as “highly satisfied”, as opposed to only 33% of single women. The same organisation also found that married couples enjoy better mental and physical health than singles.

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Britain’s drinking problem | Sam Hall
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Britain’s drinking problem | Sam Hall

Britain has a booze problem. Specifically, a problem of quantity and frequency; when we’re sad, happy, and celebrating; at weddings, funerals, sports games; when our team loses and when they win. At home, in pubs and clubs; to celebrate the end of the week or even just one day. Fuelling this problem is the availability of cheap alcohol.

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Britain’s epidemic of broken homes is affecting its children | Kelseigh Powell-Hall
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Britain’s epidemic of broken homes is affecting its children | Kelseigh Powell-Hall

It is, of course, necessary to state that simply pointing out the ideal conditions for raising children is in no way shaming or ignoring the struggles of single parents, but instead promoting the traditional family as the prerequisite for optimal childhood development. Britons today must be educated on the benefits of stable families and encouraged to create an environment which will best allow for their children to succeed.

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