Author: Cherlin Andrew J. Cherlin

Two generations ago, young men and women with only a high-school degree would have entered the plentiful industrial occupations which then sustained the middle-class ideal of a male-breadwinner famil …

With roller coaster changes in marriage and divorce rates apparently leveling off in the 1980s, Andrew Cherlin feels that the time is right for an overall assessment of marital trends. His graceful a …

Two leading sociologists of the family examine the changing role of American grandparents-how they strive for both independence and family ties. …