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Life 101

Not for school but for life we learn.

Self-Help
Generation Earn: New Year's Money Tips for Young Adults

Christine B Whelan Ph.D. on December 30, 2010

This New Year's, young people must throw off the unfair label of Generation Debt: Twenty-somethings aren't group of slackers profligate with their money; rather, this is a generation coming of age in tough economic times, desperate for some user-friendly information on modern, values-based ideas of spending, saving and giving back.

This New Year's, young people must throw off the unfair label of Generation Debt: Twenty-somethings aren't group of slackers profligate with their money; rather, this is a generation coming of age in tough economic times, desperate for some user-friendly information on modern, values-based ideas of spending, saving and giving back.

Marriage
An Education for Marriage: Pew Report Confirms a College Degree Helps Relationships Succeed

Christine B Whelan Ph.D. on October 11, 2010

College-educated women under the age of 40 are just as likely to marry as their less educated sisters, according to a Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends project analysis of sixty years of Census data released this week, and researchers are waiting for the "crossover" in the next few years where the marriage rates of these female college grads will surpass those of women with less education.

College-educated women under the age of 40 are just as likely to marry as their less educated sisters, according to a Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends project analysis of sixty years of Census data released this week, and researchers are waiting for the "crossover" in the next few years where the marriage rates of these female college grads will surpass those of women with less education.

Parenting
Moms: Act Your Age, Not Her Jean Size

Christine B Whelan Ph.D. on October 4, 2010

Mothers and daughters of all ages are in increasingly complex relationships, warns gender studies author Susan Shapiro Barash in her new book, You're Grounded Forever... But First, Let's Go Shopping -- and we use shopping as a misguided panacea.

Mothers and daughters of all ages are in increasingly complex relationships, warns gender studies author Susan Shapiro Barash in her new book, You're Grounded Forever... But First, Let's Go Shopping -- and we use shopping as a misguided panacea.

Bullying
How Do You Teach Virtue to a Skeptical Generation?

Christine B Whelan Ph.D. on September 10, 2010

Many young adults are struggling with the ethical challenges of the real world not because they aren't good people, but because they need a refresher course on how to live an honest, successful, and productive life. The motto of my high school was "not for school, but for life we learn." That's why I see my Sociology of Everyday Life class as "Life 101."

Many young adults are struggling with the ethical challenges of the real world not because they aren't good people, but because they need a refresher course on how to live an honest, successful, and productive life. The motto of my high school was "not for school, but for life we learn." That's why I see my Sociology of Everyday Life class as "Life 101."