New data shows that divorce rates in the U.S. have been skyrocketing over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. We look at what's driving the separation and which couples are being hit the hardest.
Listen: A Look At The Rising Divorce Rates During The Pandemic
Articles
See Stephanie's 2020 commencement speech at The Evergreen State College: Sometimes there comes a crack in time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU7jgNDc3TE&feature=youtu.be
The New York Times
It’s been legal across the country for nearly five years now, and same-sex marriage hasn’t yet killed heterosexual marriage. In fact, it appears that many different-sex couples would have happier and more satisfying marriages if they took a few lessons from their same-sex counterparts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/sunday/marriage-housework-gender-happiness.html
Council on Contemporary Families
January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. If you’re looking for a spouse — or hoping to become a better one — here are a few things you might want to know, including why you shouldn’t panic if no one is on the horizon.
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/national-spouses-day-fact-sheet/
Council on Contemporary Families
https://contemporaryfamilies.org/parents-cant-go-it-alone-symposium-2019-coontz-dads-count-too/
Call Your Girlfriend
"Marriage didn't always wreck friendships among women, as it did the 1950s, or strain both cherished relationships, as often happens today. Stephanie Coontz studies the long history of family structures from forager society to the present. History has some stark (and cheering) lessons about the ways that friendship functions as a deep human bond. Plus, we're renewed, refreshed, and restored after taking a break and doing a full home reorganization."
Interview with Stephanie starts at 10:15