Men and Women, Work and Family: What Kind of Dad is a “Real Man”?

Denise Schipani / 12 Comments / family finances, family life, fathers and work, modern families, mothers and work / Andrew Romano and Tony Dokoupil, Joan C. Williams, Leonard Lopate, Men and work, Newsweek, NPR, paternity leave, WNYC.org /

Well, here we are again. By “we” I mean my family; and by “here” I mean with one of us out of a job. Several years ago, my husband left a job that was literally sucking the life out of him (thanks to a bullying boss and a badly-run organization, he lost: 15 lbs. and […]

July 15, 2010

Does Being a Parent Make You Happy?

Denise Schipani / 7 Comments / discipline, family life, parenting, parenting research, Uncategorized / Brian Lehrer, Jennifer Senior, New York magazine, parenting and happiness, WNYC.org /

Okay, here we go again, with another flurry of conversation swirling around the topic of parents, children, and happiness. Specifically: Does becoming a parent increase or decrease happiness? Do kids make you happy? Are parents happier than non-parents? And my personal favorite: Why do we all work so hard at this parenting stuff without it […]