Building a future guided by the common good, where families and their communities can flourish
Latest Publications
- Survey
- Mar 17, 2026
Quarterly Insights from America’s Families: A First Look
Insights from Capita’s latest national survey of American parents.
- family
- family support
- loneliness
- parents
- Essay
- Mar 24, 2026
When Losing a Job Becomes a Family Crisis
Workforce policy, family policy, and Capita’s Future of Work Fellowship.
- AI
- family
- family support
- parents
- Brief
- Mar 10, 2026
Housing for a Changing Nation: Reimagining Family Life, Community, Solidarity, and Care
Unifying Family Policy series
- family
- housing
- relationships
- social connection
WHAT IS FLOURISHING?
A life of flourishing allows individuals and communities to imagine and become what they wish to be with passion, purpose, and excellence.
Flourishing is the realization of dignity. We believe that all people possess inherent and equal dignity.
We recognize that the foundations of human flourishing are laid in the developmentally critical first eight years of a child’s life. That is why the early years are central to our work. But flourishing is a lifelong journey, and the breadth of our work reflects this.
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How we bring ideas to life
- External News
- Apr 12, 2026
The Workforce Flip That Could Change Marriage, Family, And The Future Of Men
The Daily Wire
- futures
- public policy
- External News
- Apr 9, 2026
Men and Women at Work
National Affairs
- public policy
- workforce
- Essay
- Apr 2, 2026
What Would a Common Good–Focused Mental Health Care System Look Like?
Out of Many, One: Essays in Common Good Pluralism
- family support
- health
- loneliness
- relationships
- social connection
- External News
- Apr 1, 2026
An Invisible Child Care Challenge
The Dispatch
- child care
- family support
- parents
- Essay
- Mar 27, 2026
Out of Many, One: Essays in Common Good Pluralism
What does a truly flourishing society look like, and how do we build one?
- family
- flourishing
- loneliness
- relationships
- social connection
- solidarity
- Essay
- Mar 24, 2026
When Losing a Job Becomes a Family Crisis
Workforce policy, family policy, and Capita’s Future of Work Fellowship.
- AI
- family
- family support
- parents
- External News
- Mar 18, 2026
The Professor Who Wanted Mass Sterilisations: Paul Ehrlich’s Anti-Humanism Had Calamitous Consequences
UnHerd
- family support
- parenting
- External News
- Mar 18, 2026
Stay-at-Home Parents Need Real Support, Not Platitudes
Institute for Family Studies
- child care
- family support
- parents
- External News
- Mar 8, 2026
Opinion: Who Is a Stay-at-Home Parent? It’s Complicated, and Family Policies Should Reflect That
Deseret News
- child care
- family support
- parents
- Essay
- Feb 24, 2026
Towards a Feminism of Interdependence: Why the Common Good Requires a New Feminist Politics
Out of Many, One: Essays in Common Good Pluralism
- caregiving
- family
- flourishing
- relationships
- social connection
- Essay
- Feb 19, 2026
Restoring Belonging: A Conversation with Governor Spencer Cox on Family, Community, and the Common Good
Six takeaways from our conversation with Governor Spencer Cox.
- family
- flourishing
- loneliness
- solidarity
- Essay
- Feb 3, 2026
Care as a Cornerstone: Insights from Our Stay-at-Home Parent Roundtables
Six takeaways from our conversations with stay-at-home parents across the country.
- child care
- flourishing
- loneliness
- parents
- social connection
- On LinkedIn
- Jan 29, 2026
Building a civilization of love
Where every human being counts
- family
- public policy
- solidarity
- External News
- Jan 28, 2026
Why Democrats Are Suddenly Embracing Universal Childcare
The Guardian
- child care
- family support
- parents
- Article
- Jan 28, 2026
Stay-at-Home Parents Have Child Care Needs Too
In our 2024 survey, 58% of stay-at-home parents reported needing external child care at least several times a month, with a third needing it weekly or daily.
- child care
- family support
- parents
- Essay
- Jan 27, 2026
Designing AI to Support Family Stability and the Common Good
Key takeaways from our latest brief in the Unified Family Policy Series: Family Stability in the Age of AI
- AI
- family support
- public policy
- social connection
- Essay
- Jan 23, 2026
Introducing Quarterly Insights from America’s Families
A New Lens on the Well-Being of All Families
- family support
- flourishing
- parents
- External News
- Jan 21, 2026
What if States Made Child Care a Constitutional Right?
The74 Million
- child care
- public policy
- External News
- Jan 14, 2026
Small Children, Big Looming Policy Questions
Vital City
- child care
- public policy
- External News
- Jan 14, 2026
Let’s Collectively Fantasize About a Family-Friendly Society
Culture Study Podcast
- family
- family support
- External News
- Jan 12, 2026
As Birthrates Tumble, Some Progressives Say the Left Needs to Offer Ideas and Solutions
- family support
- relationships
- Essay
- Jan 8, 2026
Ordered Liberty/Common Good
For common good pluralism to succeed as an alternative to both conservative and progressive varieties of postliberalism, we need a more robust and serious discussion about liberty, power, and restrained government.
- family policy
- flourishing
- public policy
- External News
- Jan 6, 2026
Perspective | North Carolina Should Expand the Focus on Child Care to Address Broader Challenges Facing North Carolina Families
EdNC
- child care
- family support
- parents
- Essay
- Jan 6, 2026
The Case for a Family Policy in 2026
It’s time for a unified family policy focused on what matters most: stability, predictability, and a higher quality of family life. 2026 is the moment to act.
- caregiving
- child care
- family
- family support
- parents
- External News
- Jan 2, 2026
Perspective: How the Economy Can Best Serve the Common Good
Deseret News
- relationships
- social connection
- solidarity
- Article
- Dec 12, 2025
Parents Fear AI, But the Risk to Families Is Not Evenly Distributed
When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of work, American parents are skeptical of the hype.
- AI
- family
- parents
- External News
- Nov 26, 2025
Perspective: In an Age of Silos, America’s Caregivers Need Connected Solutions
Deseret News
- caregiving
- child care
- family
Podcast
In this new series, we explore some of the major transformations in culture and society that are already reshaping the lives of families and the communities around them. Each episode of Per Capita is available wherever you get your podcasts.
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