Canadian kids spend as much time in front of a screen as adults do at work: study
CTV News 15 January 2015 According to a new Canadian survey, children are spending as much time in front of a screen as adults do…
Atlanta Boots Fire Chief Over Christian Views
The mayor of Atlanta fired Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran. Stuart Shepard explains why that means it’s time for you to make a decision — today.
Teach Your Children: Assisted Suicide and My Family
Public Discourse 14 January 2015 Rich and I come from a very large family. My paternal grandparents had eight children, twenty-four grandchildren, sixty-five great grandchildren,…
Science says: eat with your kids
MercatorNet 14 January 2015 As a family therapist, I often have the impulse to tell families to go home and have dinner together rather than…
Mentally ill patients killed by euthanasia in Holland trebles
MailOnline 3 October 2014 The number of mentally-ill patients killed by euthanasia in Holland has trebled in the space of a year, new figures have…
Man Awakens After 12 Years in a “Vegetative State,” Says “I Was Aware of Everything”
LifeNews 12 January 2015 In the 1980’s, 12-year-old Martin Pistorious became seriously ill with what doctor’s believed was Cryptococci Meningitis. His health started deteriorating and…
Kids of Single Parents More Likely to Witness Domestic Violence
Family Studies 5 January 2015 Many studies have found that young people raised in single-parent families show more achievement and behavior problems than those who…
Marriage Makes for Happier People, Study Says
The Wall Street Journal 5 January 2015 Marriage may help people navigate a midlife crisis. A new paper by Shawn Grover, a policy analyst at…
Most child-abuse victims are babies under a year old
NZ Herald 13 January 2015 The majority of children admitted to the Starship hospital as the result of suspected abuse or neglect are under 1…
Here’s What Parents Of Transgender Kids Need To Know
The Federalist 9 January 2015 As a former child transgender, my heart goes out to parents whose boy says, “I’m a girl” or whose girl…