Jennifer Ludden

Study: Modern parents more equal, more stressed

Jennifer Ludden — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:44:24 +0000

If you've ever had a spousal spat over who logs more time on housework, child care, or at the office, you might want to see how you stack up against other couples.

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds fathers spend three times as many hours a week on child care, and twice as much on housework, as they did in the 1960s.

Modern Parenthood: More Equal, More Stressed

Jennifer Ludden — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:26:24 +0000

If you've ever had a spousal spat over who logs more time on housework, child care, or at the office, you might want to see how you stack up against other couples.

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds fathers spend three times as many hours a week on child care, and twice as much on housework, as they did in the 1960s.

Buried in debt, young people find dreams elusive

Jennifer Ludden — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:58:29 +0000

Growing up near Philadelphia, Michelle Holshue's dream was to serve those in need. Applying to nursing school at the University of Pennsylvania seemed like a smart move — in 2007.

Nursing jobs were plentiful. The students' running joke was that hospital executives would soon be stopping them in the street, begging them to come to work.

Single dads by choice: More men going it alone

Jennifer Ludden — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:35:31 +0000
B.J. Holt always wanted to be a dad. As he approached 40, with no life partner in sight, he felt a version of the ticking biological clock.
"The 'having the children thing' started to overwhelm the desire to have the relationship first," Holt says. "They sort of switched on me."
So Holt decided to go it alone.