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Men and Women, Work and Family: What Kind of Dad is a “Real Man”?

Posted in family finances, family life, fathers and work, modern families, mothers and work on Nov 8th, 2010

Well, here we are again. By “we” I mean my family; and by “here” I mean with one of us out of a job. Several years ago, my husband left a job that was literally sucking the life out of him (thanks to a bullying boss and a badly-run organization, he lost: 15 lbs. and [...]

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Does Being a Parent Make You Happy?

Posted in discipline, family life, parenting, parenting research, Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2010

Okay, here we go again, with another flurry of conversation swirling around the topic of parents, children, and happiness. Specifically: Does becoming a parent increase or decrease happiness? Do kids make you happy? Are parents happier than non-parents? And my personal favorite: Why do we all work so hard at this parenting stuff without it [...]

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