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Are We Discouraging Mothers from Their Most Important Work?0
- Culture
- May 9, 2016
Late last year, Pew Research came out with a report on the state of two-income families. One of the most striking observations was the fact that a high percentage of full-time working mothers say they feel rushed and believe they are not spending adequate time with their children. Ninety percent of full-time working mothers say
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Liberals Are Starting to Notice Liberal Intolerance 0
- Culture
- May 9, 2016
William F. Buckley once observed, “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.” Buckley said that in the 1960s, but it is truer today on college campuses than ever. Even liberals are beginning to notice. A few months ago
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Reading to Your Child: This is why it’s so important 42
- Culture
- May 9, 2016
If you are a parent or a teacher, you most probably read stories to young children. Together, you laugh and point at the pictures. You engage them with a few simple questions. And they respond. So what happens to children when they participate in shared reading? Does it make a difference to their learning? If
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Has Facebook Really Been Suppressing Conservatives?0
- Politics
- May 9, 2016
It’s a safe guess that readers will not see this story on Facebook’s trending news section, but it’s still worth sharing. Gizmodo, a popular tech blog, reports that former Facebook employees admitted that “Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential ‘trending’ news section.” Among the
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Is Depression Even More Biological Than We Think?0
- Culture
- May 9, 2016
For a long time, mental illness was widely misunderstood and stigmatized. What was actually epilepsy was believed to manifest demonic possession; women who were really schizophrenics were cast out as witches. And the many people who were mired in what was once called “melancholy,” and is now called “clinical depression,” were often believed to be
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The Top Thing Parents Can Do to Turn Kids into Successful Adults 0
- Culture
- May 9, 2016
Last week, Business Insider ran an interesting article listing 13 things parents can do to turn their child into a well-adjusted, successful adult. The first thing on the list? “They make their kids do chores.” But if childhood chores are truly a predictor of future success, then it seems the U.S. is about to see
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Are We Discouraging Mothers from Their Most Important Work?0