Relationships and Going Places
Love Your Library
A child who loves to read may beg for just a few more minutes so that she can finish the chapter before lights-out. If you refuse her, she may well sneak a flashlight and her book under the covers. It’s a minor dilemma, but a parent must ultimately decide: do you punish the deception, or do you just wait a bit, and then quietly remove the flashlight and book from underneath the sleeping child? more »
Resolving Work-Life Conflicts; It’s Time for Policies to Match Modern Family Needs
Families have for too long struggled to make their jobs fit their family life as the institutions around them continue to assume that the typical worker has a stay-at-home spouse and that the typical caregiver has a full-time breadwinner for income support. more »
My Own March Madness
You got the papers?""Check! You got the checkbook and cash in your wallet for lunch?" I asked."Check! What route are we taking?""Oakdale Road, turn right at Floyd Avenue, another right onto McHenry," I recited. We sounded like a pilot and co-pilot going through a pre-flight list before getting permission from the control tower to take off. more »
Were You 'Dethroned' In Your Birth Order? Birth order effects in the formation of long-term relationships
In two large surveys of diverse populations, we found that people are more likely to form close platonic and romantic relationships with other people of the same birth order. This effect cannot be explained by confounds of family size. more »
