Krisana Finlay
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Policymakers should meet families where they are
Policy approaches should empower families to pursue their own remedies to their own problems, instead of offering solutions to some families while doing little for families for whom the solutions are a bad fit.
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How the family affects and supports youth mental health
Research shows that healthy institutions – particularly the family institution – can influence and ameliorate mental health crises, especially those among our children and youth.
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If we want to strengthen families, we need to empower boys and men, not forget them
Strong families drive a strong economy and require healthy boys and men to function well. The ability of policy leaders to strengthen the family will be limited if we fail to empower boys and men.
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Policymakers need to find Goldilocks level of involvement for family institution
Government should place the family institution on the same level of importance as government, business and education institutions.
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What divorce taught me about family process
A relative and I had different family experiences while growing up, even though both of our formative family structures eventually dissolved. Our respective life outcomes were vastly different.
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What do Apple’s expansion into India and family outcomes have in common? Process
Family processes are the functions that organize the family, including communication, coping, problem-solving, planning, leadership and perspective-taking.
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A key to community success: putting family data at the center
Families are directly tied to community wellbeing. To protect that wellbeing, we need to harness family-focused data.
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The next time good economic data hits the news, remember that families are driving it
When government leaders center the family institution in policymaking, they focus on the core financial driver of society.