This article states that mothers who stay at home, stay married more often than those who don’t. The stats for divorce and working mothers is highter. Interesting. Couples where the husband helps out, especially with the kids, have an even better chance of staying together.
by Carolyn Moynihan
Four jobs a week. Honestly, guys, that is all it takes after the birth of your first child to reassure your wife that you want to be helpful at home, and prevent your risk of divorce increasing. That is what a new study in the UK has found, and it suggests that those four tasks protect your marriage even more if your wife is not going out to work. Read more…
February 16th, 2010
Betsy
Such a nice article. I did see the Superbowl, as I’m sure many of you did too. The very end when winning quarterback Drew Brees held up his son was truly the highlight. Seeing a picture of it even now brings tears to my eyes. This article is a great perspective on the significance of that moment.
The poster says, “Life. Better than lifting the Lombardi.”

by Kathryn Jean Lopez
This Super Bowl MVP would rather hold his son than the Lombardi Trophy.
‘Don’t you live for that moment right there?” Read more…
By Patrick Welsh, Washington Post
“Why don’t you guys study like the kids from Africa?”
In a moment of exasperation last spring, I asked that question to a virtually all-black class of 12th-graders who had done horribly on a test I had just given. A kid who seldom came to class — and was constantly distracting other students when he did — shot back: “It’s because they have fathers who kick their butts and make them study.” Read more…