Category: Family
Marriage and Family Improves Happiness Far More Than a Pay Raise
How much money would you or your family need to earn to be happy? That’s not a trick question. Some studies have found a link...
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Florida School District Bans Cellphones, Gets Results
Some school districts have banned students from using cellphones during school hours, the New York Times reports, as communities grapple with young people’s increasing addiction...
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Hundreds of Ongoing Drug Shortages Raise Questions for Regulators
Essential treatments for diabetes, ADHD and bacterial infections are among the 305 drugs in short supply this year, the American Society of Health-System Pharmaceuticals and...
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Heartwarming Chick-fil-A Short Film Reminds Us Loving a Bully is Often the Best Way to Fight Back
The fantastical town of Evergreen Hills is back, courtesy of the fifth installment in as many years of Chick-fil-A’s animated holiday short film series that’s...
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Evangelicals Can Heed This One Trend from Mormons and Muslims
When news broke early Monday that M. Russell Ballard, a high-ranking official in the Mormon church had passed away at the age of 95, obituaries...
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High School and Middle School Students Continue Vaping, FDA Tries to Control Illegal E-Cigarettes
A Centers of Disease Control and Prevention report released last week showed high school students consumed less nicotine this year, while middle schoolers consumed more....
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Navigating Family, Motherhood, Adoption – and the New York City Marathon
Only runners or a select niche of fans and followers probably tracked yesterday’s New York City Marathon, an annual racing tradition dating to 1970. The...
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Stop Bullying Christians Who Want to Support Children in Foster Care
President Ronald Reagan once famously quipped, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”...
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University of Texas Sociologist Bluntly Explains Real Truth About Men and Women
It should not take a university professor to explain the difference of male and female, but we have sitting Supreme Court Justices who infamously cannot...
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Middle-Class Americans Struggling Financially, New ‘Issues 2024’ Brief Reports
The American middle-class is struggling financially due to stagnating wages, rising inflation and the felt need for families to rely on two incomes to make...
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Senators Fremont and Butler: A Contrast in Pioneers
When South Carolina native General John C. Fremont died of peritonitis in his Manhattan home on July 13, 1890, the first senator from California, and...
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A Win for South Carolina Children in Foster Care – and a Loss for Bullies Everywhere
Children wind up in foster care for a myriad of tragic and heartbreaking reasons, but never by any fault of their own. So, imagine the...
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Tucker Carlson: Having Children is Life’s Greatest Joy
Tucker Carlson recently gave the keynote address at the Center for Christian Virtue’s (CCV) 2023 Cleveland Celebration Gala. CCV is Ohio’s state-based family policy council...
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New Research Shows Married Families Matter More Than Ever
The social sciences have long demonstrated that all family forms are not equal in terms of providing optimal benefits for children and society. But a...
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The New York Times Discovers the World’s Coming Population Collapse
You know it’s bad when even leftist publications like The New York Times are now sounding the alarm about the world’s coming population collapse. In...
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Married Mothers and Fathers Are Happiest According to Gold-Standard General Social Survey
Who are the happiest people we meet as we go about our daily lives at work, school and in the larger community? Many people assume...
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Liberal Father Seeks to Disprove Concerns Over Sexually Explicit Books in Schools, Becomes Convinced These Books Are Not for Children
A liberal father of two young children, writing over at Slate, says, “There is no shortage of books being used to panic parents into protesting...
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California Parents Who Don’t Affirm a Child’s ‘Gender Identity’ Could Lose Custody Disputes
The California State Assembly approved legislation requiring judges to consider parental affirmation of a child’s so-called “gender identity” and “gender expression” in custody decisions. Parents...
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin Right to Pardon Dad for Defending Daughter
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin was absolutely right to pardon Scott Smith, a Loudoun County Viriginia father, who was arrested for publicly standing up to his...
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The Harmful Effects of Screen-Filled Culture on Kids
According to a national poll released C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, 67% of parents report “overuse of devices/screen time” is one of their biggest health concerns...
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North Carolina Legislature Overrides Vetoes to Protect Children, Parents’ Rights and Women’s Sports
The North Carolina legislature overrode vetoes from Governor Roy Cooper to pass three family-friendly laws: House Bill 808 – Prohibiting “Gender Transition” of Minors; Senate...
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China Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low Amid Beginning of Global Population Crisis
China’s already deeply declining fertility rate dropped to a record low in 2022, according to official data provided by the Chinese government. Demographers from the...
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Declining Birth Rates Create ‘Maternity Care Deserts,’ Multiple Outlets Report
Declining birthrates are forcing some hospitals to close their maternity wards, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, reigniting concerns that some mothers and babies in...
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Kirk Cameron to Host ‘See You at the Library’ on Saturday for Americans to Pray, Sing and Read
Actor Kirk Cameron and BRAVE Books are hosting the first national “See You at the Library” event on August 5, 2023. The event, which the...
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