2023
Century Lives: Place Matters
Century Lives Podcast
2022
Should You Charge Your Adult Child Rent To Live At Home?
Huffpost
There Is No Roadmap For The Longest Phase of Parenthood
The Atlantic
Empty Nesters Embrace Carpe-Diem Attitude
The Wall Street Journal
‘Parents Are Always in the Parent Role’: When Adult Children Move Home in Crisis
The Wall Street Journal
2021
The Most Awkward Part of Living With Your Parents as an Adult
The Atlantic
How Technology Can Help Seniors Beat Loneliness and Isolation
The Washington Post
The Pandemic Prompted Them to Return Home –– Now They’re Staying
Wall Street Journal
The Unspoken Wedge Between Parents and Grandparents
The Atlantic
2020
The Benefits of Talking to Strangers
The New York Times
The New Boomerang Kids Could Change American Views of Living at Home
The Atlantic
Why Older People Might Suffer Most, Post-Pandemic
Rolling Stone
Don’t Lump Seniors Together on Coronavirus. Older People Aren’t All the Same.
USA Today
The Digital Generation Gap
Psychology Today
2019
The Generation Gap Over Church at Christmas
The Wall Street Journal
How Parents Can Stay Close to Grown-Up Children
The New York Times
At What Age Do You Meet Your Best Friend?
The Wall Street Journal
The Surprising Boost You Get From Strangers
The Wall Street Journal
Baby Boomers and the Art of Parenting Adult Kids
The Wall Street Journal
Young Adulthood in America: Children Are Grown, but Parenting Doesn’t Stop
The New York Times
UT Austin launches Texas Aging & Longevity Center
Life & Letters
With silver tsunami coming, UT opens center on aging longevity
KXAN
Being socially active helps older people age well
Health24
New UT study says being more social helps older adults live longer
CBS Austin
2018
There’s No Innocent Way to Ask Your Son or Daughter About Grandkids
The Atlantic
How casual daily interactions protect your health
The Washington Post
Kids Really Are Closer to Their Maternal Grandparents, According to Expert
Good Housekeeping
The Maternal Grandparent Advantage
The New York Times
2017
Here’s good news for older people considering online dating
MarketWatch
What Online Dating Profiles Say About Our View of Aging
The Wall Street Journal
How to Thrive in an Empty Nest
The New York Times
Celebrity deaths in 2016 reflect troubling mortality trends
Dallas News
2016
Reaching out to people during the holidays still matters
Dallas News
When Neighbors are Family: Generations who live together – or next door
The Buzz Magazines
New Thinking on Empty Nests and Boomerang Kids
AARP
Karen Fingerman: Why it’s OK for grown children to move back home
The Dallas Morning News
Keeping the Lines of Communication Open With Millennials
AARP
What Aging Parents Want From Their Kids
The Atlantic
It Wouldn’t Kill You to Call Your Parents More, Says Science
.Mic
2015
Giga-grandparents : UT gets millions to arm seniors with tech so they can test age-old hypothesis
Austin Business Journal
Study Examines Seniors’ Social Lives and Health
UT Austin News – College of Natural Sciences
In Cleveland, Young and Old Keep Tempo of Life
The New York Times
In Defense of the Digital Umbilical Cord
Slate
Communication is key when dealing with aging parents
The Atlantic
2014
Why Everything You Think About Aging May Be Wrong
The Wall Street Journal
Some Millenials–And Their Parents–Are Slow to Cut the Cord
NPR
Parents, the Children Will Be Fine. Spend Their Inheritance Now.
The New York Times
Mother’s Day: Mom still rules when it comes to taking care of the kids, but dads are getting closer
Monitor on Psychology
How to Be a Better Son or Daughter
Scientific American
2013
Three Ways To Kick Back This Holiday to Surge Ahead
Forbes
Narcissism in the News: Who Becomes Self-Centered, and Why?
Psychology Today
The Myth of the Helicopter Parent
Psychology Today
2012
Helicopter Parents and Landing Pad Kids: Intense Parental Support of Grown Children
Journalist’s Resource
Helicopter Parents – Helping Adult Kids or Taking Over?
USA Today
The Ups and Downs of Being An Empty-Nester
The Washington Post
You Can Go Home Again
The New York Times
Families Are Changing, But Still Key to Happiness
US News & World Report
How to Find Happiness on Social Networks
US News & World Report
Why Good Friends Make You Happy
US News & World Report
2010
What Is It About 20-Somethings?
The New York Times
Problem Children Torment Parents Even After They Grow Up
LiveScience
One Troubled Adult Child a Drag on Parents’ Mental Health
Bloomberg Businessweek: HealthDay
When adult children fail, parents suffer too
CNN Health
Rent-a-Friend: People Value No-Strings-Attached Acquaintances
ABC News/Technology
Mother-Daughter Relationships
REAL SIMPLE
2009
Playing Favorites: Parents Still Involved After Children are Grown
Science Daily
2008
Is Empty-Nest Syndrome Nothing but an Empty Myth?
U.S. News: Health
2007
Parents’ Relationship with Adult Children Improves with Aging: Study
Thaindian News
2006
‘I Love My Parents’: How close families balance intimacy and independence
Wall Street Journal