Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Frank Furstenberg
Born: 1940 (age 85)
Bio: Frank Folke Furstenberg Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the family in the context of disadvantaged urban neighborhoods and adolescent sexual behavior.
Known for:
- Adolescent mothers in later life (1987)
- Divided families (1991)