Tag: Grandparents
Older ‘sandwich generation’ Californians spent more time with parents and less...
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologis
Elizabeth Keating, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
How is it possible to spend so...
Losing a grandmother can have long-lasting mental health effects for kids...
Emily Smith-Greenaway, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Ashton Verdery, Penn State; Michelle Livings, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts...
What is a 529 college savings plan? An economist explains
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University
The college savings plan known as a “529” is often touted as a...
The real midlife crisis confronting many Americans
Frank J. Infurna, Arizona State University
The way my mom imagined it, midlife was going to be great: counting down days until retirement, spending winters...
What’s behind the dramatic rise in 3-generation households?
Natasha Pilkauskas, University of Michigan
In a recent study, I discovered that the number of kids living with their parents and grandparents – in what...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
