--- title: Suzanne Venker | TIME description: Suzanne Venker is a writer who covers marriage and the family and its intersection with culture. She is the author of The Two Income Trap: Why Parents are Choosing to Stay Home. canonical: https://time.com/author/suzanne-venker/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/suzanne-venker/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Suzanne Venker ## Suzanne Venker [_Suzanne Venker_](http://www.suzannevenker.com/) _is a writer who covers_ _marriage and the family and its intersection with culture. She is the author of_ [_The Two Income Trap: Why Parents are Choosing to Stay Home_](http://www.amazon.com/Two-Income-Trap-Parents-Choosing-Stay-ebook/dp/B00R6QG1AE/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438809136&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Two+Income+Trap+Venker)_._ ## Suzanne Venker *  Aug 13, 2015 ### [How Target Just Proved Donald Trump Right About Something](https://time.com/3992485/target-gender-neutral-policy-and-political-correctness/) Gender neutrality ignores that boys and girls are biologically different [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 5, 2015 ### [Netflix’s New Parental Leave Policy Could Make Things Worse for Women](https://time.com/3986543/netflix-parental-leave-policy-women/) The needs of children don’t end after one year [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/suzanne-venker/","name":"Suzanne Venker"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/suzanne-venker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/suzanne-venker/"},"name":"Suzanne Venker","jobTitle":null,"description":"Suzanne Venker is a writer who covers marriage and the family and its intersection with culture. She is the author of The Two Income Trap: Why Parents are Choosing to Stay Home.","url":"https://time.com/author/suzanne-venker/","sameAs":["https://x.com/SuzanneVenker"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```