In the news

Here are a few stories about life on the homefront that caught my eye recently:

• Low expectations may make happier marriages
  For some newlywed couples, it may be better to expect difficult times rather than anticipate a rosy future of wedded bliss, according to a new study.
• Behavior trouble may follow early spanking
  Some toddlers who are often spanked appear to be more likely to have behavioral problems when they get older, researchers report. In a new study, behavior problems at school age were substantially more common in white non-Hispanic children who were spanked frequently before age 2 than among those who were not spanked very often. (See also this Salon article)
• Study: Success won't spoil women's marriage prospects
  Contrary to popular belief, highly educated women are now more likely to marry than they were in 1980, says an economist at the University of Washington. (Also, listen to this NPR story)
• Feds to loosen limits on single-sex education
  Public schools are about to get broad new freedom to teach boys and girls separately, perhaps the biggest shakeup to coed classrooms in three decades.
• Does catty gossip help women snare a mate?
  Women who are ovulating find other women less attractive says Canadian research But not everyone is convinced this means women put down other women's attractiveness as part of a competition for men.

This wasn't in the news, but I really enjoyed it: "Everything I know about life I learned from drawing"

Comments

[Tiff]

Great articles, thanks for sharing!!