http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/margaret-andrews-/ Margaret Andrews is convenor of the Marriage Education Programme, Melbourne, and editor of the national marriage education magazine, Threshold. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-health-check-on-marriage/ For centuries, marriage has provided order, stability and nurture for both adults and children. Indeed, the status of our marriages influences our well-being at least as much as the state of our finances. Decades of research has clearly established the positive links between marriage and well-being. As Professor Bill Doherty summarized the evidence, “for adults, a stable, happy marriage is the best protector against illness and premature death, and for children, such a marriage is the best source of emotional stability and good physical health.” The benefits extend to educational, financial and vocational outcomes. This is not to denigrate many single parents who are doing an admirable job in raising children, often in difficult circumstances. However, most people still aspire to a life-long marriage and society benefits from this. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Margaret Andrews ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-health-check-on-marriage/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-health-check-on-marriage/#item3785 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:35:15 +0000 Margaret Andrews | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-science-of-love-and-what-we-learn-from-it/ The science of love may seem like a contradiction in terms. After all, science is associated with the empirical and the observable. But love, at least in popular culture, is the world of infatuation, romance and emotion. From the pages of Mills and Boon to the scripts of romantic comedy, love is portrayed as an irresistible feeling. The experience of falling in love is the stuff of poetry, song and art. It is not something open to measurement or analysis. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Margaret Andrews ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-science-of-love-and-what-we-learn-from-it/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-science-of-love-and-what-we-learn-from-it/#item3494 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:54:51 +0000 Margaret Andrews | Author bios | The Punch