Rachel Sherman is associate professor of sociology at the New School in New York. Her latest book is Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence (2017). Published in association with Princeton University Press an Aeon Partner Wealthy parents seem to have it made when it comes to raising their children. They can offer their kids the
Read moreBy Mark Doman, published 29 May 2018 We’d all like to think boys and girls are born into this world with an equal shot at life. But for girls, there’s plenty of evidence to suggest the odds aren’t in their favour. So where does this divide begin? Are we as adults unwittingly perpetuating gender disparities?
Read moreBy James Bullen, ABC, 29 Jun 2016 Doctors have called for the public to discuss end of life care with their loved ones after a study revealed one third of elderly patients with advanced or terminal illnesses receive unnecessary treatment in the last six months of their lives. The global analysis of 38 studies of
Read moreJan. 2, 2016 Maggie Fox NBC News Researchers say they may have helped explain how sugar might fuel the growth of cancer, and say it boils down to one type of sugar in particular: fructose. Tests in mice show a possible mechanism for how it happens. The findings, published in the journal Cancer Research, support
Read moreMario and I had been working together for a few months because he really wanted to stop his active drug addiction. We had discussed many issues to prepare him for stopping so that he would detox more successfully than in previous attempts. We had analysed all the lessons he had to learn from his past
Read moreFor the Families of the Dying, Coaching as the Hours Wane By JANE GROSS Greg Torso’s death announced itself with a long exhale and then silence, as the breath literally left his body. His mother had been told to expect this, so she was not scared. Ms. Torso had worried that an undertaker would barge
Read moreBy John Gottman and Christopher Dollard, June 1, 2018 Marriage is one of the oldest social, economic, religious and legal institutions in the world, and there’s no shortage of opinions on what makes it work. But much of the conventional wisdom is not based on evidence, and some is flat-out wrong. After researching thousands of
Read moreABC Health & Wellbeing By Sophie Scott, 12 Jul 2016. In the business of our everyday existence, how do we create a life with meaning? At the start of this year, I wrote about feeling vulnerable and losing touch with my authentic self. I was feeling like I had lost a sense of meaning in
Read moreBy Amy Reichelt, RMIT, The Conversation, 30 Oct 2016 The date for an important exam is looming. You know you have to study for it. Suddenly, it’s the evening before the dreaded date, and you feel like you haven’t studied enough, if at all. It’s time to cram all the information you can into your
Read moreBy Sam Ikin ABC News – Thu 18 Feb 2016 The mental health side of obesity is not something that has been given much coverage. Anti-obesity campaigns have mostly been based on a version of the old mantra “eat less, exercise more”, but is anyone in the country actually not aware of that? If
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