Stephanie Coontz Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. August 31, 1944
Birthday: August 31
We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing the full extent of dependence and interdependence in American life. As long as we pretend that only poor or abnormal families need outside assistance, we will shortchange poor families, overcompensate rich ones, and fail to come up with effective policies for helping families in the middle.
source: Stephanie Coontz (2016). “The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap”, p.73, Basic Books
topic: America, Long, Needs, Modern America, Poor Family
