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December 11, 2024
The Often Overlooked Link Between Drug Use and Family Decline
…sake of their family’s economic prospects and safety, it was important to have a man who was sober most of the time. He would support his family and he would…
December 3, 2024
The ‘Fentanyl Election’ Is Over. Now What?
…a woman whose son died of a drug overdose. She recalled the third time he was revived with Narcan. His 14-year-old sister was making him a sandwich and walked into…
September 9, 2024
The Nanny State Is Not the Answer to Parents’ Challenges
…our lives with greater purpose. Sacrificing our time and resources for our children may improve our sense of well-being. Data reflect this. According to a recent YouGov survey, 83 percent of…
March 4, 2024
Teen Suicide and the Limits of Sociology
…more stressful circumstances—poverty, war, abandonment seem like they would make suicide more likely than AP Physics. The problem is not the pressure per se. Tim Carney’s forthcoming Family Unfriendly and…
August 14, 2023
What ‘Earth Mama’ Doesn’t Tell Us About Foster Care
…is not true of “Earth Mama,” a recently released film by first-time director Savanah Leaf. The story is about a pregnant woman, Gia, whose two children are in the foster…
August 14, 2023
The Narcissism of Small Diffidences
…part of an effort to ensure he would devote his time to studying instead of taking time to hang around with friends. Most of her interactions with him were about…
August 3, 2023
Philanthropists Discover the Value of “Sunsetting”
…that its hostility to capitalism had thrown it off course: “Perhaps it is time for the trustees and staff to examine the question of our obligations to our economic system…
July 25, 2023
What Relationship Outsourcing Says About Our Culture
How many of our relationships can we outsource? Apparently, there’s no end. A recent article in The New York Times describes a new kind of professional, a “surrogate partner,” who…