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Elinor Ochs

Elinor Ochs is a professor of anthropology and applied linguistics, and the director of the Center on Everyday Lives of Families, at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Serving Convenience Foods for Dinner Doesn't Save Time

But commercially prepared foods do seem to undermine the invaluable family meal.
- Elinor Ochs and Margaret Beck
- March 11, 2013
Kids Are Happier to See Their Moms at the End of the Day Than Their Dads

But that may be because they generally see their mothers first. A look at the results of an in-depth study of 30 middle-class families.
- Elinor Ochs and Belinda Campos
- February 28, 2013

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Serving Convenience Foods for Dinner Doesn't Save Time

Kids Are Happier to See Their Moms at the End of the Day Than Their Dads