,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #gce  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #ah1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,cl\d 7= himself & ,mr4 ,moore
 ( ,alabama7 submitt$ ! foll[+          
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,education & ,work=ce  ,,resolution 
,support+ ! designation ( ! mon? ( ,july
 z ,am]ican ,families ,mon?4  ,:]eas    
p>5ts are ! fir/ & prim>y c>etak]s &    
educators ( _! *ildr52 ,:]eas ! #bjbb   
,jo9t ,economic ,report /ates t ! mo/   
intimate & c5tral =m ( social capital is
 ! family--an in/itution ) prim>y       
responsibility = nurtur+ & transmitt+   
societal values to ! next g5]ation (    
*ildr54 ,/rong families enable inve/m5t 
9 ! human capital ( *ildr5 t increases  
_! skills & productivity z adults1 lead+
 to increas$ long-run economic gr[?42   
,:]eas p>5ts equip ! next g5]ation ) !  
skills1 morals1 & ideals necess>y to    
create a function+ society2 ,:]eas      
family /ructure is ! basic build+ block 
( society ^u :i* civilization re/s2     

,:]eas =m] ,*air ( ! ,bo/on ,univ]sity  
,dep>tm5t ( ,sociology1 ,brigitte ,b]g]1
 has writt5 t ! nucle> family provid$ ! 
em]g+ democratic capitali/ societies ( !
 ,we/ ) _! organiz+ pr9ciples & moral   
*>t] & ! degree to :i* ?is p>ticul> type
 ( family gave %ape & mean+ to !        
political & economic in/itutions ( mod]n
 democratic societies is s pron\nc$ &   
la/+ t family & culture h become        
inextricably int]tw9$2 ,:]eas heal?y    
m>riages betwe5 a man & a woman are an  
unmitigat$ good = families & society2   
,:]eas ! nucle> family is an integral "p
 ( ,am]ican society2 ,:]eas ,alexis de  
,tocqueville wrote 9 #ahca1 ,!re is     
c]ta9ly no c\ntry 9 ! _w :]e ! tie (    
m>riage is m respect$ ?an 9 ,am]ica42   
,:]eas ! /ability & security ( ! nucle> 
family h contribut$ to & are ! mo/      
effective at provid+ a social safety    
net2 ,:]eas ! social safety net a heal?y
 family provides contributes to a       
culture ( entrepr5eur%ip & risk-tak+ :i*
 has result$ 9 unprec$5t$ innovation &  

ent]prise2 ,:]eas heal?y families       
contribute to saf] neighborhoods1 t[ns1 
& cities2 ,:]eas ,h>v>d sociologi/      
,rob]t ,sampson conclud$ t family       
/ructure is "o ( ! /ronge/1 if n !      
/ronge/1 pr$ictors ( v>iations 9 urban  
viol5ce across cities 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2
 ,:]eas ,univ]sity ( ,virg9ia sociologi/
 ,brad ,wilcox & colleagues f\nd t ! %>e
 ( s+le p>5ts 9 a neighborhood1 x turns 
out1 is a bigg] pr$ictor ( inc>c]ation 9
 adul?ood ?an race1 education1 & pov]ty 
9 a neighborhood2 ,:]eas family /ability
 is ! be/ pr$ictor ( outcomes = *ildr52 
,:]eas =m] ,pr9ceton pr(essor &         
sociologi/ ,s>a ,mc,lanahan conclud$ 9  
h] /udy ,fragile ,families & !          
,reproduction ( ,pov]ty t non-m>ital    
*ildbe>+ reproduces class & racial      
disp>ities ?r\gh its association )      
p>tn]%ip in/ability & multi-p>tn]$      
f]tility2 ,:]eas ! ,fragile ,families & 
! ,reproduction ( ,pov]ty /udy also     
/ates t *ildr5 :o live ) /ably s+le     
mo!rs & *ildr5 :o live ) mo!rs :o       

exp]i5ce multiple p>tn]%ip *anges %[    
high] levels ( aggression &             
anxiety_/depression ?an *ildr5 :o live )
 /ably m>ri$ p>5ts2 ,:]eas /ably m>ri$  
families provide ! optimal conditions = 
positive outcomes = *ildr52 ,:]eas      
m>riage & ! nucle> family are among !   
mo/ effective means to combat pov]ty2   
,:]eas1 accord+ to ! ,c5t]s = ,disease  
,control & ,prev5tion1 m>riage rates    
fell to an all-"t l[ 9 #bjbj2 & ,:]eas  
decl9+ m>riage rates & family =mation   
pose a ?reat to ! social & economic     
well-be+ ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates3 ,n[1 !re=e1 
be x  ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives--    
7#a7 recognizes t /ably m>ri$ mo!rs &   
fa!rs provide ! be/ outcomes = *ildr52  
7#b7 recognizes ! importance t ! nucle> 
family has play$ 9 ! success & prosp]ity
 ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2  7#c7 ackn[l$ges !  
f>-rea*+ detrim5tal impacts t decl9+    
m>riage rates h on ! ,unit$ ,/ates2     
7#d7 calls = policies t support nucle>  
families & remove b>ri]s to family      
=mation2 &  7#e7 supports ! designation 

( ,am]ican ,families ,mon? to raise     
aw>5ess ab\t ! importance & b5efits (   
/rong1 /ably m>ri$ families & to call ! 
g5]al public to actions t support &     
build /rong1 /ably m>ri$ families4