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Reading Aloud Isn't Just for Kids
- Culture, Education, Entertainment, Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- November 7, 2025






It is a truism that children need adults to help them grow up. It is, however, less known but equally true that adults need children to help them grow into the fullness of maturity. Whereas children need to be taught about life in all its multifarious manifestations, satisfying their natural sense of wonder and their
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According to an article in the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, preschool-age children have a special talent for memorizing and remembering rhymes. As the Digest explains, a recent study found that, compared to their parents and other older adults, young children are able to recall “nearly twice as many correct words” from the rhyming stories
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Earlier this month, news broke that officials in Florida were blasting the children’s song “Baby Shark” on a loop to discourage homeless people from sleeping in a local park. In other words, that song is considered to be unbearable. It will drive anyone away. American parents – or probably just any American, parent or not
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The United Nations is an outspoken proponent of taking action against global warming, and enlisting youth organizations to participate in the cause has long been part of their strategy. Recently, however, UN panelists explained that getting young people involved against climate change isn’t just important. Rather, it was described as “one of the most effective
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The other week British Olympian Laura Kenny announced that she was expecting another child. The announcement in the BBC sports section caught my eye for two reasons: the first that this child was being welcomed into a married, two-parent home, and the second, that Kenny was so anxious and eager to see her baby arrive safely.
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Three minors have been euthanised in Belgium since euthanasia for children was legalised in 2014. According to the latest report from the government agency (PDF in French) which tracks euthanasia deaths, the children were 9, 11 and 17 years old. Two died in 2016 and 1 last year. Under the existing law, their request for death has to be
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