Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, author of The Divorce Culture (Knopf), directs the Center for Thrift and Generosity at the Institute for American Values. Also by this author Our Kids Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-08-12 issue: View Contents Most Recent Coming of Age in America By Peter Quinn April 9, 2025 Devotion to the Displaced By Antonio Graceffo April 8, 2025 A Rival Magisterium By Shaun Blanchard, Richard T. Yoder April 7, 2025