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When Parents Track Kids at College 1
- Education, Family, MomThink
- October 14, 2024
A recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal – “Surveillance Parents Face the Ultimate Firewall: Freshman Year” — described the difficulty — even agony — some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to monitor and help from afar. I don’t blame parents for the fear and loss
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In Praise of School Uniforms 3
- Education, Featured, MomThink
- October 11, 2024
As a mom, I love school uniforms. They take the decision-making out of back-to-school shopping and my kids’ morning routines. But the benefits of school uniforms go far beyond my personal experiences. Most obviously, uniforms prevent students from wearing inappropriate clothing to school. One study in the Journal of School Violence cited “girls wearing revealing
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Big Pharma’s Rap Sheet 3
- Health, MomThink, Science
- October 11, 2024
It was one of those conversations you never forget. We were discussing – of all things – the Covid injections, and I was questioning the early ‘safe and effective’ claims put forward by the pharmaceutical industry. I felt suspicious of how quickly we had arrived at that point of seeming consensus despite a lack of
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Friday Comic: Dignity 0
- Entertainment
- October 11, 2024
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Where Are the Student Moms?0
- Education, Featured, MomThink
- October 10, 2024
Given the pervasiveness of hookup culture on college campuses across the U.S., it should be surprising that pregnant college students are nowhere to be found. Why? Unfortunately, the answer is obvious: Abortion is readily available in many states, and pregnant college students aren’t choosing life. These mothers don’t even know that it’s an option. A
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How Regulations Destroy Education 1
- Education, MomThink
- October 10, 2024
Amanda Lucas tried to do everything right. A teacher in both public charter and private schools for about 10 years, Lucas felt the tug toward entrepreneurship. She wanted to open her own school, one that would focus on individualized curriculum in an intentionally small learning environment for elementary and middle school-age students. All of them
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