Your Template Here

Create an HTML page using whatever layout and sizing you like. Link to your own stylesheets for consistency with your main website. Then place the word [ minisite ] where you want our MiniSite to appear. Our system automatically inserts the latest content and serves it to your readers.

Navigation

When your navigation changes, you can log into our admin panel and upload a new template. Or, just use an iframe to share code from your main website. We don't stand between you and your regular web updates.

In addition to your standard site navigation, MiniSites are a great place to link to existing revenue drivers. You can create any connections you like between different areas of your site. MiniSites can offer gateways to:

  • Coupons
  • Directories
  • Mini-sites
  • Storefronts
  • And more!
header
Text size:    
 



Parenthood is a Real Downer

Bundles of joy or harbingers of gloom? Studies show children can raise the risk of lifelong depression in parents.

Mother and daughter

Being parents provides a one-way ticket to lifelong depression, according to social scientists who found that parents have higher rates of the condition than nonparents.

Even empty-nesters, whose kids have grown up and moved on, suffer depression more than nonparents do, likely because they are involved in their adult children’s lives and are concerned about what happens to them, says the study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, which also included single parents, stepparents and parents with minors at home.

“Unlike other major adult social roles in the United States, parenthood does not appear to confer a mental health advantage for individuals,” write researchers Ranae Evenson of Vanderbilt University and Robin Simon of Florida State, referring the positive wellness benefits of marriage and being employed.

But among all parents, those with little kids (whether biological, step or adopted) at home were less depressed than other parents.

“Young children are in some ways emotionally easier,” Simon says. “Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems.”

The news isn’t all bad, though, Simon says. These results are just a wakeup call to review how we approach parenting, such as accepting more help from extended family members and the community.

“It’s how we do parenting in this society,” Simon says. “We do it in a very isolated way, and the onus is on us as individuals to get it right. Our successes are our own, but so are our failures. Its emotionally draining.”


Matthew M. F. Miller Matthew M. F. Miller, author of “Maybe Baby: An Infertile Love Story” (HCI, 2008), is a syndicated fatherhood blogger

Comments Date
Name:
Email:
Comments :
 
footer_logo

Advertisements

You can use the space around the MiniSite content to create multiple ad and sponsorship positions that you can customize to your market. In fact, you can create a premium sponsorship opportunity by inserting ads or custom navigation inside the MiniSite area using a special feature in our system.

If you use JavaScript tags for ad serving or site tracking, you can add them to your template, and manage your MiniSite pages with the same tools you use to manage the rest of your site.

Footer