The Guardian 28 September 2014 Women and children are hit hardest following the breakdown of a relationship, with research showing that one in five mothers falls into poverty following a split. Comprehensive analysis of how parents fare in the years…
NZ Herald 29 September 2014 A paradox is puzzling youth mental health experts: binge-drinking, violence and suicide are all declining, but our teenagers are enduring an escalating epidemic of self-harm. Sir John Kirwan’s new book Stand By Me: Helping Your…
Time.com 25 June 2014 The arrest of an Olympic gold medalist on charges of domestic violence would normally be an occasion for a soul-searching conversation about machismo in sports, toxic masculinity and violence against women. But not when the alleged…
Fox News 27 September 2014 The CEO of a $2 trillion investment fund said he made the decision to resign from his post after his young daughter wrote him a note listing 22 milestones he had missed in her life.…
NZ Herald 27 September 2014 A Tauranga 13-year-old who had a baby this year is the youngest person to have given birth in the Bay of Plenty in the past seven years – an event described as a tragedy by…
NZ Herald 26 September 2014 A new antenatal screening test has not had the high uptake expected, a study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal reveals. Only 51 per cent of pregnant women surveyed had undertaken the new screening…
NZ Herald 26 September 2014 A South Auckland community’s failure to stop a liquor store opening opposite a decile 1 school normalises the sale of alcopops to young people, says principal Robin Staples. The Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board has lost an…
LifeSiteNews 23 September 2014 Girls in first grade in a Toronto Catholic school will be sharing a washroom this year with a biological boy whose lesbian parent has chosen to identify him as a “girl.” A mother whose young daughter…
The Independent 25 September 2014 Germany’s national ethics council has called for an end to the criminalisation of incest between siblings after examining the case of a man who had four children with his sister. Patrick Stuebing, who was adopted…
The Telegraph 24 September 2014 Mothers who have put their career aside to care for their children have a stronger sense that their lives are “worthwhile” than the rest of society, official figures suggest. New findings from the UK’s national…
