Friday, January 20, 2006

Family Life in the News



Two interesting stories in the news this week. The first is that married people build wealth. The whole article is here and makes you wonder if it is just that more successful people marry and their success translates into more wealth, an ability to commit and work hard at a marriage is their secret or if the challenges of marriage require people to work harder than if they only have a responsibility to themselves.

The second article says that short children perform less well in measures of their intelligence than taller children. The hypothesis is that increased stress in the home affects the intelligence of children negatively. Certainly food for thought.

2 comments:

Jamie Carin and Claudio Romano said...

ROFL what does this say for the very petite Miss Jessica?? BWAAHAAA stunted growth stunted brains dear Jess!! ;)

PS...I am only about an inch taller, but that is a whole inch smarter!

M. Alexander said...

I can see I am going to have to start moderating the comments. But only from the people related to me.