by Linda M. Burton, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, Duke University, and Andrew J. Cherlin, Ph.D., Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
Trust is jiggly, and it can look like something it is not. You can't trust trust, and you can't trust Jell-O. That's what I've learned from working with [low-income couples]."
by Karen Seccombe, MSW, Ph.D., School of Community Health, Portland State University
The telephone rang. "A telemarketer, perhaps? Ugh, just let it ring. No, wait, it could be important...." Sure enough, it was every parent's nightmare, "Karen, I'm calling to tell you that your daughter had an accident at school and may have broken her arm."