According to the Pew Research Center, mothers today have more schooling than ever before. But, as mom and author Kendra Tierney writes, considering the ultimate value of that schooling is important if you plan to have a family. In 1960, just 18% of mothers with an infant had any college education. Today, that percentage stands
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Outdoor play is declining and causing a number of negative consequences for America’s children. Recognizing this, many parents and teachers are doing all they can to encourage youngsters to get outside and let loose. Unfortunately for Andrew and Kelly Count in Texas, the efforts to get their children outside are being met with a “neighborly”
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Today, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. who made a tremendous contribution to history. Most young Americans have been familiarized with his work and vision through his “I Have a Dream…” speech from 1963 at the “March on Washington”. Here’s the text of the full speech. Audio is below: A speech does
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It’s extremely frustrating and happens all too frequently: You’re having a conservation with someone over a point of disagreement, and the other person quickly gets angry. End of conversation; end of dialogue. What causes this to happen so often? Why do differences over politics, morality, and worldviews often devolve into anger and hurt feelings? Why
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Though gorgeously written in its own right, 1984 also benefitted from the timing of its release, at the very end of the Second World War and at the beginning of the Cold War. Though a delusional love affair existed between the West and the Soviet Union in 1943, disillusionment and reality set in in the few
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In the continuing aftermath of the sex attacks in German (and other European cities) on New Year’s Eve, the writings of Valerie Hudson, a professor at Texas A & M University are receiving quite a lot of attention. Hudson studies the effects of sex ratios on the stability of nations and she has written an
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