Family

When the State Turns Against Parents 3
- Culture, Family, Featured
- February 6, 2024
A 14-year-old Montana girl has been taken from her family by the state’s child protective services after deciding to identify as a boy and will soon be sent to Canada, according to the family. The harrowing story of Todd and Krista Kolstad’s custody battle for their troubled teen—who is Todd’s biological daughter and Krista’s step-daughter—was
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Safetyism Eclipses Common Sense 0
- Family, Education
- February 2, 2024
School’s out on April 8 for many kids in the U.S. and Canada. On that date, a full solar eclipse will be visible from Texas to Ontario, and “There are risks associated with viewing a solar eclipse,” several Toronto-area school boards announced. Those schools moved their May 17 kid-free professional development day to April 8
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So, You Want to Be a Traditional Wife? Here’s How.2
- Culture, Family
- January 30, 2024
More and more women are fearlessly declaring their desire to live more traditionally—to get married, have children, and create a family. Women all over the globe are waking up to the lie that we can “have it all.” Of course, it takes work, planning, and cooperation to build a healthy marriage and a happy family.
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Battles We Can Win: Family, Morality, Education 2
- Family, Culture, Education, Featured
- January 30, 2024
In “Burke on Our Crisis of Character,” which appeared in the December 2023 issue of Chronicles, Bruce Frohnen notes, “The American Way was real, rooted in families whose rights trumped the demands of the state because families were more natural and fundamental than the state.” The following month in the same magazine, Stephen Baskerville reviews
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We Made Kids So Safe That It’s Hurting Them 4
- Family, Culture
- January 26, 2024
Kids need to climb trees, jump off things and ride their bikes fast. That’s what the Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending in a white paper out today: “Healthy childhood development through outdoor risky play.” If that sounds positively radical — and also commonsensical — you’re right. Mariana Brussoni, a developmental psychologist at the University of
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Toronto Bans Tobogganing — and Fun?0
- Family, Culture
- January 19, 2024
Talk about a slippery slope. Toronto recently erected “Tobogganing is not allowed” warnings on 45 hills around the city. The reason for these bans is right there on the sign: “Hazards such as trees, stumps, rocks, rivers or roads make this hill unsafe.” So apparently it is only safe for humans to enjoy an activity
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