Create Quote by Stephanie Coontz Download Open image “Second marriages can and do create 'real' families.” — Stephanie Coontz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Create Families Family Marriage Real Second
Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. — George Will Copy Share Image
A two-parent family based on love and commitment can be a wonderful thing, but historically speaking the "two-parent paradigm" has left an extraordinary amount… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
A family is really a union of two separate entities. When you get married, you are marrying one family into another. — Patricia Rae Copy Share Image
Having two families is just natural to me. I guess when you're growing up, whatever is happening around you is the natural thing. — Erin Moran Copy Share Image
“marriage is not really a combination of two persons; rather it is the product of two families who send out a scapegoat to reproduce… — Herbert Goldenberg Copy Share Image
Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other. — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more. — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't think of my life as having two marriages; I think of it as a continuum. — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Each marriage starts with two built-in handicaps. It involves two imperfect people. — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
Marriage does not happen because two people are inlove,you have to consider the families of both sides. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every marriage is a battle between two families struggling to reproduce themselves. — Carl Whitaker Copy Share Image
As an overly confident college freshman, the first time I received a below-average score on an exam was a needed wake-up call. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
For every nineteenth-century middle-class family that protected its wife and child within the family circle, there was an Irish ora German girl scrubbing floors… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
A primary motivation for introducing no-fault divorce was, in fact, to reduce perjury in the legal system. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Graduating from high school is certainly a good idea, but it's no longer much protection against poverty. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Investing in living-wage jobs and reducing the inequities between local school districts would give young people more, not less, incentive to postpone childbearing and… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Hyper-parenting has many pitfalls. Overprotected and overpraised children may develop an inflated sense of entitlement. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Social and economic policies constructed around the male breadwinner model have always disadvantaged women. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
When I speak on work-family issues to audiences around the country, some of the biggest complaints I hear come from individuals who are described… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Extended families have never been the norm in America; the highest figure for extended-family households ever recorded in Americanhistory is 20 percent. Contrary to… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Unilateral divorce has decreased the bargaining power of the person who wants the marriage to last and has not engaged in behavior that meets… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
The closer we get to achieving equality of opportunity between the sexes, the more clearly we can see that the next major obstacle to… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
As far as Vern and I go, we have had situations where people have tried to take photographs of me and cut Vernon out… — Tess Daly Copy Share Image
To me, Caribbean food is about fresh, seasonal produce - using what's in season to create vibrant and great tasting food. The spicing is… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
I'm a weirdo and an only child. That comes together to create one-woman shows. — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
I'm proud to stand with U.S. Impact Team in their initiative to create harmony. — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
I am not a nationalist in any way, and I hate flag waving, and I don't think much good has come out of nationalism.… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
My favourite designers always create a strong silhouette, like McQueen and Tom Ford and Alaia. I like structured things that you can throw on,… — Liberty Ross Copy Share Image
I'd take garbage, and I'd glue them together and create inventions. — Ann Makosinski Copy Share Image
United Way works to create a safe and healthy home for everyone in our community. — David Steward Copy Share Image
Renewable energy could reduce emissions but also create jobs and improve public health. — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
For a long time at Blackburn and at Fulham last season, I was playing on the right wing. I've never seen myself as a… — Tom Cairney Copy Share Image
We've got to get back to a country that can get things done. And my whole career has been marching and charging at and… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
