{"id":2194894,"date":"2024-03-07T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-kelce-family-man\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:02:02","slug":"jason-kelce-family-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-kelce-family-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kelce, Family Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjason-kelce-family-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2194894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his tear-filled <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaeagles.com\/news\/jason-kelce-retirement-speech-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">farewell speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Jason Kelce brought his 13-year NFL career <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/greatest-gift-jason-kelce-celebrates-being-a-father-in-retirement-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to a close<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by underlining what really mattered in life: marriage and family. The longtime Philadelphia Eagles player, who made the NFL Pro Bowl in each of the last five seasons after getting married to his wife, Kylie, in 2018, said in his retirement speech: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s no coincidence I have enjoyed my best years with Kylie by my side. She has brought the best out of me through love, devotion, support, honesty, intelligence, and a swift kick in the ass \u2014 from time to time. She has also given me three beautiful girls and a life that increasingly brings me more fulfillment off the field than it does on.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He went on to say that he has seen his job as a father as of paramount importance:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think one of the best things a person can be in this world is a father. A father who is present, devoted, and loving is the greatest gift a child could ask for in our society.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the emotional retirement speech, Kelce acknowledged that the family he built was one of the most important things in his life. Kylie Kelce was his saving grace. Being a father brought renewed purpose to Kelce\u2019s life. Kelce learned from his two married parents.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, our culture tells us two myths. The first myth is that the path to happiness runs away from family, rather than towards it. Controversial cultural figures, like Andrew Tate or Pearl Davis, view marriage as a bad deal for men and are broadly skeptical of, in their eyes, selfish women. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pearlythingz\/status\/1716646554801426626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent post<\/a> on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Davis said, \u201cI am anti-marriage as it is today. I think it\u2019s silly to think marriage is a good deal for most men today.\u201d Tate agrees, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k0X9YoorKh0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">saying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cI don\u2019t think many men actually benefit from marriages or relationships anymore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second myth is that father-present homes are of no great importance to our kids. Harvard University\u2019s Christina Cross in The New York Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/09\/opinion\/two-parent-family.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">argues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that \u201c\u2026living apart from a biological parent does not carry the same cost for black youths as for their white peers.\u201d Pamela Braboy Jackson in The Atlantic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2020\/09\/how-build-three-parent-family-david-jay\/616421\/\">contends<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0that \u201cit\u2019s the quality of the relationship that matters, and the handling of communication and conflict, and the number of people in the household is not really the key\u201d for children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason Kelce readily dispatched both of these myths in his retirement speech, and he\u2019s right.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The data tell us that no group of men are happier than married fathers. Based on data from the 2022 General Social Survey, 35% of prime-aged, married men with children report being \u201cvery happy.\u201d Barely 14% of prime-aged, unmarried men without children could report the same. The happiness premium for married fathers is significant and worth promoting. Luckily, Kelce did just that in his retirement speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_707043\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-707043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Institute for Family Studies. General Social Survey, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The data from my new book, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/get-married-brad-wilcox?variant=41546330636322\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get Married<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d also shows that children who grow up in intact families are much more likely to graduate from college and steer clear of trouble. In fact, 38% of young men from intact families graduate from college compared to 15% of their peers in households headed by a single mother. A greater share of women in intact families (49%) graduate from college, compared to 24% of women from households headed by a single mother. The data are clear: children raised in intact families have a far greater likelihood of graduating from college.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_707047\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-707047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason Kelce\u2019s story dovetails perfectly with the data. He is a happily married father in his prime, albeit out of his sporting prime, raising his daughters in a stable two-parent home \u2013 exemplifying the benefits of marriage and family. In other words, a good family man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 * * *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brad Wilcox is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, author of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Get-Married-Americans-Families-Civilization\/dp\/0063210851\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3SPI0PRSVLJYF&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sIBLtVf9xLb7r8TITnP4vQXSThzFuVWwjNtyFI89s-ua-IcoR2v_4RB-hohzoVBZ3AtqZahRyDxRCclII6iP2J2e82102xQbp5X_FzWDaVD8QpPuOHJknS6-IuyGHbmhfoq8zNoxb3NJ93bBrHjhhICtRhdc7kNUa2IbD2yIgENdluYn9YpwGV0edbpvyDX6VNsrZ6Adup6jxTQ1pa7yvKXV_2Hv-WVtWwfSSPrfpSU.9LvfWxUMAu91Nyn2eqUxyD0hcVrgUFogTMcZWDuenB4&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=brad+wilcox+get+married&#038;qid=1709585997&#038;sprefix=%2Caps%2C59&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d Follow him: @BradWilcoxIFS<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his tear-filled farewell speech , Jason Kelce brought his 13-year NFL career to a close by underlining what really mattered in life: marriage and family. The longtime Philadelphia Eagles player, who made the NFL Pro Bowl in each of the last five seasons after getting married to his wife, Kylie, in 2018, said in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2954,"featured_media":2194895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2058809072.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2194894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2058809072.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2194895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2194894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2194894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}