Whether parents’ help is good or bad depends on whether it is being used to assist young people in becoming self-reliant adults or enabling a lack of progress, according to BYU researchers studying helicopter parenting.

“There have been times where I’ve felt like I couldn’t do all that is expected of me. In those times, I would step out of the HFAC and hear the bell tower play ‘Come, Come, Ye Saints’ and I knew it would all be okay. That bell tower was my friend, and that small tune kept me going.”

When both partners are involved in financial decisions and processes, they’re more empowered, and relationship quality and stability tend to be higher, according to a study from BYU researchers.

A beloved professor caps off a prolific career with research that shows these days, political donors are motivated by their dislike of the other candidate.

Considering a host of social pressures and stresses that adolescents experience, the addition of a relationship to the equation can have a negative impact, according to a study from BYU professor of family life Adam Rogers.