Tag: marriage
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Is Marriage Good for Your Health?
Read more: Is Marriage Good for Your Health?A big NYT Magazine piece by Tara Parker-Pope surveys the research about marriage, health, and happiness, and finds mixed messages. [W]hile it’s clear that marriage is profoundly connected to health and well-being, new research is increasingly presenting a more nuanced view of the so-called marriage advantage. Several new studies, for instance, show that the marriage advantage…
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Family Time Increase
Read more: Family Time IncreaseFamily time is on the rise. Relayed by the NYT: Working parents perpetually agonize that they don’t see enough of their children. But a surprising new study finds that mothers and fathers alike are doing a better job than they think, spending far more time with their families than did parents of earlier generations.
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Happily Married
Read more: Happily MarriedDavid Brooks surveys the happiness literature in an op-ed, The Sandra Bullock Trade. If the relationship between money and well-being is complicated, the correspondence between personal relationships and happiness is not. The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others. The daily activity most injurious to happiness…