Relationships

The 2011 Penn State abuse scandal left parents asking how predators hide inside trusted institutions — and what to tell their children.

November 18, 2011 · 1 min read

Parents of gifted children know that schools which fail to meet their children’s academic needs are one of the main reasons their children underachieve…

November 18, 2011 · 4 min read

From a Brooklyn rooftop to a viral plane ride, strangers' breakups keep becoming Twitter content. Where's the line between sharing and voyeurism?

November 13, 2011 · 1 min read

Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on child sex-abuse charges in 2011; he was convicted on 45 counts and sentenced to 30-60 years in 2012.

November 6, 2011 · 1 min read

Leicester's Dalwara Singh received a 12-month suspended sentence for secretly lacing his wife's food with steroids — until his teenage daughter caught him.

November 2, 2011 · 1 min read

Psychology studies link a taste for sweet foods with agreeableness and helpfulness — embodied cognition ties the sensation of sweetness to sweet behavior.

October 24, 2011 · 1 min read

A 2011 case of a young Indian IT couple who died by suicide, leaving a note of 'satisfaction' — and the uncomfortable mental-health conversation it started.

October 8, 2011 · 1 min read

A 2011 UK survey found four in ten working mothers had sent a sick child to school, unable to take time off — though a vitamin brand commissioned the poll.

September 20, 2011 · 1 min read

In Madison, Wisconsin, a woman and her son were charged after her sister's body lay hidden in their home for three months — while they went out for pizza.

September 8, 2011 · 3 min read

Why do stories of partners dating for years without knowing a basic truth fascinate us — and what do they reveal about how love actually works?

September 5, 2011 · 2 min read

Stanford law professor Ralph Richard Banks' provocative 2011 book on the African American marriage decline — and his controversial advice: 'marry out.'

September 2, 2011 · 2 min read

Bill Labram and Peggy Fryer fell in love in 1947 and were split by her father. Sixty-three years later, both 80, they finally married.

September 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Attachment research shows the mother-son bond shapes boys' emotional intelligence and outcomes — and the 'separate to become a man' narrative is more

August 31, 2011 · 1 min read

A Miami-Dade teacher was dismissed after his past in adult entertainment surfaced. Where does a legal past end and fitness to teach begin?

August 30, 2011 · 1 min read

A survey claimed women spend five hours a day gossiping. The methodology collapses under scrutiny — and the stereotype it feeds has a long history.

August 16, 2011 · 1 min read

The party was in full swing , everybody seemed to be enjoying the music , some swayed with their cocktails and others enjoyed delicious looking appetizers .…

August 9, 2011 · 4 min read

A 2011 University of Tennessee study found marriages happier when the wife's BMI was lower than the husband's. But the headline was better than the truth.

July 19, 2011 · 2 min read

A 2011 Wall Street Journal essay on the 'divorce generation' asked a hard question: when parents pour everything into the kids, who tends the marriage?

July 11, 2011 · 1 min read

Before settling down, most women collect a small education in men: the best friend, the bad boy, the ex, the fling, and finally the keeper.

July 11, 2011 · 2 min read

A 2011 New York Times essay on the Weiner scandal argued marriages fail from dishonesty, not desire. Thoughtful India revisits the provocative case for honesty.

July 4, 2011 · 2 min read