SINGLISM Is Published!
“All Things Single” readers, I’m blogging to you first. My new book, Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matterse, and How to Stop It – written together with 28 other contributors – is now available. You can...
View ArticleHow to Become a Guest Blogger
I love featuring voices other than mine here at “All Things Single (and More).” Although I read widely about single life, think critically, study the academic journals, and do my own original research,...
View ArticleTo Ann Romney, All Women Are Mothers and the Children of Single Dads Feel Weird
Speaking to the Republican National Convention last night, Ann Romney exclaimed that she loved women. (Well, not that way.) I don’t think she realizes, though, that not all women are mothers. Either...
View ArticleSingle Parents and their Children: Don’t Believe the Prophecies of Doom
In Singled Out, I devoted a chapter to debunking the myth that the children of single parents are doomed. I described various studies and showed how the results are exaggerated or misrepresented. I...
View ArticleNew Book Project Is On!
Last January was when I first decided, with lots of input from my agent, on the theme of my new book project. It is about the many creative ways that we are living now that Americans are spending more...
View ArticleEverything You Think You Know About the Benefits of Marrying Is Wrong: The...
Every time I learn about a new claim that getting married makes people happier or healthier or more connected or live longer (and all the rest), I go to the original research report to...
View ArticleSingle Parents and Their Children: The Good News No One Ever Tells You
I have been scrutinizing the research on single parents and their children for more than a decade. I’ve learned lots of things, but perhaps the most important one is this: all those predictions you...
View ArticleWho Counts as Single? What Should the Different Kinds of Single People Be...
Who counts as single? There is more than one possible answer. Who counts as family if you are single and have no kids? What should we call adults who have no kids? Here are some discussions. How should...
View ArticleSingle Parents and Their Children: The Good News No One Ever Tells You
I have been scrutinizing the research on single parents and their children for more than a decade. I’ve learned lots of things, but perhaps the most important one is this: all those predictions you...
View ArticleWho Counts as Single? What Should the Different Kinds of Single People Be...
Who counts as single? There is more than one possible answer. Who counts as family if you are single and have no kids? What should we call adults who have no kids? Here are some discussions. How should...
View ArticleHappy Singles Week! Check Out This Infographic and More
Thanks to Karen Reed, who created this infographic for National Singles Day, using the information provided every year by the Census Bureau in honor of Unmarried and Single Americans Week, the third...
View ArticleSINGLISM Is Published!
“All Things Single” readers, I’m blogging to you first. My new book, Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matterse, and How to Stop It – written together with 28 other contributors – is now available. You can...
View ArticleHow to Become a Guest Blogger
I love featuring voices other than mine here at “All Things Single (and More).” Although I read widely about single life, think critically, study the academic journals, and do my own original research,...
View ArticleTo Ann Romney, All Women Are Mothers and the Children of Single Dads Feel Weird
Speaking to the Republican National Convention last night, Ann Romney exclaimed that she loved women. (Well, not that way.) I don’t think she realizes, though, that not all women are mothers. Either...
View ArticleSingle Parents and their Children: Don’t Believe the Prophecies of Doom
In Singled Out, I devoted a chapter to debunking the myth that the children of single parents are doomed. I described various studies and showed how the results are exaggerated or misrepresented. I...
View ArticleNew Book Project Is On!
Last January was when I first decided, with lots of input from my agent, on the theme of my new book project. It is about the many creative ways that we are living now that Americans are spending more...
View ArticleWhat We Really Know About Single Life
Every time I learn about a new claim that getting married makes people happier or healthier or more connected or live longer (and all the rest), I go to the original research report to see what...
View ArticleAre You Single and Interested in Parenting Partnerships?
If you are single and looking for a parenting partner, or if you already have a partner but do not yet have a child, here’s an opportunity to participate in a documentary series for a major cable...
View ArticleBigger, Broader Ways of Thinking about Relationships, Family, and Love
Relationships, love, family – these are all concepts that should be far-reaching and open-armed. Instead, they have been squeezed into narrow, stifling boxes. ‘Relationship’ is too often a shorthand...
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