Best quotes by Stephanie Coontz on Time

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  • Valentine's Day is a perfect time to reject the idea that the ideal man is taller, richer, more knowledgeable, more renowned, or more powerful.
    - Stephanie Coontz
  • Too often, tributes to the home-cooked meal assume every family has a schedule that gets everyone home by 5:30 P.M. And too many recipes treat cooking as a solitary pursuit that requires the cook - still most often Mom - to take time away from other family interactions and chores.
    - Stephanie Coontz
  • Marriage is generally based on more equality and deeper friendship than in the past, but even so, it is hard for it to compensate for the way that work has devoured time once spent cultivating friendships.
    - Stephanie Coontz
  • 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
  • When we assume that 'normal' people need 'time to heal,' or discourage individuals from making any decisions until a year or more after a loss, as some grief counselors do, we may be giving inappropriate advice. Such advice can cause people who feel ready to move on to wonder if they are hardhearted.
    - Stephanie Coontz
  • Couples need time alone to renew their relationship. They also need to sustain supportive networks of friends and family.
    - Stephanie Coontz