by Stacey
This year Father’s Day came and went with little discussion here about the very important role that dads play in their kids’ lives. So I was glad to see this blog post in the NY Times on this essay posted at PsychCentral on responsible fatherhood so I could circle back to it.
In study after […]

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by Stacey
A new study in the Journal of Family Psychology shows that it isn’t just babies that moms have to nurture. According to this article in Science Daily, researchers at Ohio State University found that fathers were more involved in the day-to-day care of their infants when they received active encouragement from their […]

by Stacey
Whether a young man’s mother earned a college degree or worked outside the home while he was growing up may influence his choice of a future wife, according to a new study by sociologists at the University of Iowa. Thanks to this article in ScienceDaily for the tip.
High-achieving men — those who earn salaries […]

by Stacey
Just in time for this Mother’s Day comes a book that many of us I’m sure will find very useful. According to this article in Newsweek, a Florida plastic surgeon named Michael Salzhauer has penned a book called “My Beautiful Mommy.” It features a perky mother explaining to her child why she’s having […]

by Stacey
Okay, this is bad. According to this article in the London Sunday Times, more and more people in their thirties are suffering from early mid-life crises. Thanks to Salon’s Broadsheet for the tip.
If you’re in your mid-thirties, hassled by the dramas of juggling work and family, doubting decisions you’ve made professionally and personally, panicked […]

by Stacey
All’s fair on reality television. People swap spouses, get new and improved homes to live in, and compete for titles like “Top Chef!” And now, according to this article in Newsweek, stay-at-home mothers can try out going back to work while the whole nation watches. The show is called “Secret Life of a Soccer […]

by Stacey
I can’t help but ask the same question many are wondering, how can Silda Wall Spitzer stand it? How can she stand up there with her arrogant, cheating husband (now former governor of New York Elliot Spitzer) whose rising political career eclipsed her own, as he apologizes publicly for hiring a prostitute to meet […]

by Stacey
One day my house will be empty of children. They will live somewhere else. My husband and I will see them occasionally. This is unimaginable to me, and yet I know it is true. Most of the time I don’t think about it. I’m too busy filling cups with watered-down apple juice or searching […]

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by Stacey
Here’s some crazy crap for you: According to a new documentary film making its way through politically conservative circles, there’s an ominous decline in childbirth rates around the world such that if we all don’t start procreating fast, armageddon is surely afoot. The movie is called “Demographic Winter: Decline of the Human […]

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by Stacey
Should dietary preferences dictate love? According to this article in the NY Times, some people simply can’t make a relationship work without a meeting of the minds (or stomachs) over food.
Sharing meals has always been an important courtship ritual and a metaphor for love. But in an age when many people define […]