Message to Our Daughters
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, PhD
Today's young women are better educated than any previous generation but are strangely misinformed about marriage. The good news is the substantial body of new social scientific evidence on the "do's" and "don'ts" of mate selection and marriage. The even better news is that we have every reason to believe we can all play a part in helping the next generations of young women become as successful in marriage as they are in their school and work lives.

Message to Our Sons
Rozario Slack, DMin
Today's young men need their fathers and their elders to step up to the plate and tell them the truth. They need their fathers and elders to stop standing silently by and letting them continue to make critical mistakes. Men must tell their sons, nephews, friends, and brothers that it takes a real man to create a high-quality, life-long marriage and family. That there is no greater or more manly accomplishment. Old men must teach young men that marriage is the glue, the crucial factor if we are to save the village. This is what men must do.