Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.

 . ISBN 978-1-59359-979-9. Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny.

Martha Nibley Beck (born November 29 1962) is an American sociologist therapist life coach and best-selling author. She received national attention after publication in 2005 of her best-seller Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith in which Martha Beck accuses her father of sexual abuse.