Family

‘To Have and to Hold’: Marrying Young and Making It Last 2
- Culture, Family, Featured
- January 8, 2024
Kate Z. works in childcare and as a part-time barista in my local coffee shop. She’s the oldest of 10 children, with seven brothers and two sisters. Home-educated during elementary school, Kate then entered Padre Pio Academy here in Front Royal, Virginia, a hybrid school which combines homeschooling with three days a week in the
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Why Is ‘The New York Times’ Upset by Bluey’s Wholesome Dad?5
- MomThink, Family
- January 4, 2024
Positive paternal portrayals in entertainment media are few and far between these days. Depictions of deadbeat dads are far more commonplace, whether seen in shows like Everybody Loves Raymond, South Park, Family Guy, or most notably, The Simpsons. Even in many cartoons pitched at the youngest of children, fathers are routinely represented as lazy, incompetent
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A Co-op by Any Other Name …3
- Family, Education
- December 27, 2023
I was standing at the sink washing dishes and absentmindedly listening to NPR. We were in the pandemic. Most of what I heard on the radio sounded rehearsed. The same words used repeatedly, until suddenly there was something different: “learning pods.” I turned up the radio and leaned in to listen. The radio ladies were
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Study: Teens With Very Conservative Parents Most Likely to Have Excellent Mental Health 7
- Family, Featured, Science
- December 27, 2023
Adolescents who have “very conservative” parents are 16 to 17 percent more likely to have good or excellent mental health compared to teenagers with liberal parents, according to new research by Gallup. The fascinating finding was made in June 2023 and features in a comprehensive report published last month by the independent, non-partisan Institute for
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Christian Parents Appeal to US Supreme Court After Losing Custody of Their Trans-Identifying Son 2
- Culture, Family
- December 26, 2023
The United States Supreme Court will soon decide whether it will hear the case of a Christian couple from Indiana whose transgender-identifying son was removed from their custody over their refusal to affirm how he identifies. Jeremy and Mary Cox lost custody of their son in June 2021 after the Indiana Department of Child Services
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When Your Child’s Doctor Is Working Against You 0
- Family
- December 19, 2023
Maya Kowalski was admitted to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in 2016. She was 10 and in extreme pain from a condition called complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Sally Smith, a “child abuse pediatrician” who worked at the hospital through a state contract with child protective services, insisted Maya’s condition was caused and exaggerated by
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