Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontzis an author, historian, and faculty member at Evergreen State College. She teaches history and family studies and is Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families, which she chaired from 2001-2004. Coontz has authored and co-edited several books about the history of the family and marriage...
easy filled life problems slip worry
Life is filled with trade-offs, and I worry that it's so easy to slip from descriptions of problems to one-size-fits-all prescription,
senior men firsts
A significant minority of senior women I've interviewed say, 'Love the companionship, glad to live with him, but I spent my first marriage picking up after a man and I'm not going to do that anymore.
documentaries opinion beavers
Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary.
individual replace sum
The only thing that can replace (the emptiness) is a new sense of community. It's more than the sum of the individual losses.