You’ve found a house you want to make your home. Whether it’s been weeks or months of looking, this is an exciting step. Before you fall in love with it, make sure you’ve kicked the tires, so to speak. Turn on water faucets, flush toilets, check fireplaces and stoves, look closely at walls, ceilings and […]
By Mary Campbell No one ever said that marriage was easy. However, some couples make it seem exactly that, while others are left scratching their heads, wondering what their union lacks. Fortunately, the secrets of a happy marriage can be summed up in four simple words that struggling couples can work on to get their […]
By Sebastian Tello-Trillo, The Conversation The big idea When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, their families benefit too. That’s what I found through recent research conducted with two fellow health economists, Daniel S. Grossman and Barton Willage. And it was particularly true for their mothers, […]
By David M. Houston, The Conversation When parents look for information to help them choose a good elementary or secondary school for their child, they often turn to a variety of sources online. For instance, they may check out state government websites that provide “report cards” on local schools. Examples include Virginia’s School Quality Profiles […]
By Ping Chen and Kathleen Mullan Harris, The Conversation Depression is a leading cause of disability and disease for people around the world. It often begins during adolescence, especially for females, may continue or recur in adulthood and tends to become a lifetime chronic health condition. More than 300 million people suffer from this mental […]
By Manuel Holgin According to the Gun Violence Archive, the 70th mass shooting of 2022 in the United States took place in Sacramento, California, and left four dead plus the shooter. After killing his three daughters of 9, 10, and 13 years old, the father took his own life. “The unfortunate incident that occurred earlier […]
By Soomi Lee, The Conversation Fewer than one-fifth of Americans say they actually experienced a midlife crisis. And yet there are still some common misunderstandings people have about midlife. I study midlife, and especially how people in this stage of life experience sleep and stress. In my research, I have also found that midlife brings […]
By Paul Shafer and Katherine Gutierrez, The Conversation The big idea The discontinuation of the Biden administration’s monthly payments of the child tax credit could leave millions of American families without enough food on the table, according to our new study in JAMA Network Open. The first missed payment on Jan. 15, 2022, left families […]
By Deborah Carr, The Conversation Death – along with taxes – is one of life’s few certainties. Despite this inevitability, most people dread thinking and talking about when, how or under what conditions they might die. They don’t want to broach the topic with family, either, for fear of upsetting them. Ironically, though, talking about […]
Families separated by immigration policies are allowed to embrace in the middle of the river, the national border between Mexico and the United States. (Shutterstock) By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is asking the public for help to stop the federal government from ever again using family separation as a tactic against […]