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Monday, January 18, 2010   
Marriage helps men cope with “health shocks”
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A new Canadian study suggests that when health issues arise that keep men from working, those who are married are better able to cope than single men, “because marriage protects them against such shocks,” the Vancouver Sun reported.

By examining Statistics Canada data on Canadian households between 1999 and 2002, researchers at the University of British Columbia found that when a husband’s ill health affects his ability to earn a salary, his working wife steps in to fill the gap.
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Monday, January 18, 2010   
Spanked kids do better later in life
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Flying in the face of conventional wisdom, a psychologist has concluded that preschoolers who were spanked by their parents are more likely to grow up happier and be more successful than kids who have never been spanked, the National Post reported.

Dr. Marjorie Gunnoe, a professor of psychology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, believes there is not enough evidence to prove that getting spanked harms most children. She presented her findings at a conference of the Society for Research in Child Development.
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Monday, November 16, 2009   
Underfunded retirement: the cross-generational financial crunch
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Written by Derek Miedema, a researcher at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada

Canada’s population is aging. That huge chunk of our population that is the Baby Boomer generation is almost 65. And in keeping with their reputation for being trendsetters, Baby Boomers have again distinguished themselves – this time by their lack of retirement savings. In 2007, Statistics Canada found that only six per cent of available RRSP savings room was used by eligible taxpayers. And with many pension plans now underfunded, the nest egg that many Boomers are relying on may not give them the retirement income they expected. While efforts are being made to address these problems, will this be enough to fund the Boomers’ retirement and old age?
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009   
Delaying pregnancy heightens risk of being childless
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New Statistics Canada data showing more and more women are delaying becoming first-time mothers until they are past 30 indicates women are still buying into the “lie” that they “can have it all at the time of their own choosing,” according to Calgary Herald columnist Susan Martinuk.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009   
Couples urged to avoid the cohabitation “trap”
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A study by University of Denver psychologist Dr. Scott Stanley has concluded that couples who start living together without first getting married can risk forgoing the chance to marry someone who would make a better life-partner, the Washington Post reported.
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