This Project Discussion is representative of IF’s ongoing developmental approach to our discussion processes. This project is different from our other Project Discussions in a few key respects: there are 2 facilitators instead of one—each facilitating a separate panel; it is an “internal” project in that we are using fellows and staff members on our panels; and it is our first Project Discussion to be conducted in West Virginia.
This Project Discussion is focusing on the changing nature and role of the family in American life and the implications for our long-term public policies. The panelists are exploring different possible futures, or visions, of what it means to be a family, how are families changing, and what kinds of concerns might emerge from those different visions and changes? A number of themes and interrelated issues affecting family have emerged from the discussions thus far, including different models of family organization, and factors relating to culture, gender, morality, privacy, property, health, technology, and the role of the state—among others.
This Project began its panel discussions in the late summer and early fall of 2009. Discussions should be completed in late 2010, with a Discussion Report to be published thereafter.
The Future of the Family
Project Managers – Jack Byrd, Jr. and Jeff Prudhomme
This Project Discussion is representative of IF’s ongoing developmental approach to our discussion processes. This project is different from our other Project Discussions in a few key respects: there are 2 facilitators instead of one—each facilitating a separate panel; it is an “internal” project in that we are using fellows and staff members on our panels; and it is our first Project Discussion to be conducted in West Virginia.
This Project Discussion is focusing on the changing nature and role of the family in American life and the implications for our long-term public policies. The panelists are exploring different possible futures, or visions, of what it means to be a family, how are families changing, and what kinds of concerns might emerge from those different visions and changes? A number of themes and interrelated issues affecting family have emerged from the discussions thus far, including different models of family organization, and factors relating to culture, gender, morality, privacy, property, health, technology, and the role of the state—among others.
This Project began its panel discussions in the late summer and early fall of 2009. Discussions should be completed in late 2010, with a Discussion Report to be published thereafter.