The Virtue of Fun
A recent study suggests that some 30% of Americans has trouble relaxing and putting work aside to enjoy vacation – and a handful of us…
read moreA recent study suggests that some 30% of Americans has trouble relaxing and putting work aside to enjoy vacation – and a handful of us…
read moreWhen you plan a wedding, you might select the specific readings or poems to commemorate your love at the ceremony. You’ll invite friends and family…
read moreA while back Tara Parker-Pope wrote a New York Times piece about the high toll of technology over-dependence that’s worth mentioning: With immediate access to…
read moreA few weeks back, I blogged about new research that found, when searching for a relationship partner, we tend to gravitate toward people who are…
read moreOpposites attract, right? Wrong. It’s one of the myths marriage and family sociologists love to shatter: While Hollywood has romantic notions of maids in Manhattan…
read moreChildbearing outside marriage is on the rise, with some 40% of all births to unwed mothers. And more than half of unplanned pregnancies occur among…
read moreHere’s a plot of a future James Bond movie: The evil female character is lulled into trusting Bond after he spikes her drink with oxytocin,…
read moreWriting about the repetition in men’s magazines earlier this week made me look back at my research on men’s and women’s magazines from more than…
read moreGawker recently reported that Men’s Health magazine was recycling cover stories – and selling readers nearly identical covers – with messages of physical inadequacy. Men’s…
read moreThink you’re too busy to read a good book, have a quiet hour with your spouse or go to the gym five days a week?…
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