Since then, the nuclear family has crumbled piece by piece. In 1970, more than two-thirds of American adults between 25 and 49 lived with a spouse and at least one kid. By 2021, only 37% of adults ...

As someone who likes to be on top of her finances, I have a pretty good idea of how much money is in my checking account at any given point. Similarly, I'm aware of how much emergency savings I ...

The 'typical American family' was always a blip. It's time to rethink it. For most of the 20th century, the word "family" in America evoked a predictable picture of cookie-cutter cleanliness ...

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According to the Pew Research Center, the average American family downsized from 3.7 children in 1960 to 1.9 currently, and about 20 percent of households with children are one-child families.

“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin once famously said. All of these years later, he’s still spot on. No matter how lucrative your job is, paying taxes is ...

And Republicans were less likely to accept family arrangements that don't center around a married heterosexual couple with children. “We know that families are changing and there is no typical ...

Once affordable — the cost of a ticket was $3.50 in 1971, or about $22 today — a visit to the "most magical place on Earth" has become unattainable for the average American family and ...