Kamala Harris Proposes Warehousing Children In Public Schools Until Dinner Every Day
Harris’s proposal very visually falls in the category of making all parents into divorced dads, with visiting rights to their own children only on evenings and weekends.
Podcast: Democrats Push Single Payer, Republicans Push Paid Family Leave
Hadley Heath Manning discusses the current partisan agendas including paid parental leave , Medicare for all, and the opioid epidemic.
How Paid Leave Policy And Social Engineering Impact Women And Families
Policy Analyst Vanessa Brown Calder joins Federalist Radio to discuss policies aimed at working women and families like childcare, paid leave, and housing.
6 Reasons Donald Trump’s Presidency Could Be Great For Parents
I’d like nothing more than for a Donald Trump presidency to usher in a new age of reduced government involvement in family life.
How Having A Baby Made Me Better At My Job
Motherhood makes you tough, efficient, patient, and creative. Those aren’t just helpful parenting skills—they’re extremely useful in the workplace.
Is Choosing To Stay At Home Sustainable For Women?
Our nostalgia for the 1950s blinds us to the reality that the stay-at-home mom was always a historical anomaly. As the economy declines, so may this option. What can families do then?
Democrats Debate Preschool: Should It Be Fascist Or Socialist?
Federal funding for preschool is a 1950s answer to 2016’s needs. That means it will create more problems than it solves.
Helicopter Parenting Is Really A Symptom Of Underparenting
More than half of U.S. children, from a very early age, spend most of their waking hours separated from their parents. That’s not helicopter parenting.
The Female Breadwinner Conundrum
Most women don’t want to be the family breadwinner, but new research finds they’re happy with just about any arrangement if they’re married.
5 Ways To Recover The Joy Of Summer Vacation
Polls find half of parents can’t wait for summer vacation to be over by now. You don’t have to feel that way.
Government Should Help Parents, Not Daycare Providers
Most parents prefer to care for their own children or informal childcare arrangements with family and friends. Government shouldn’t make any childcare choices more difficult or expensive.
I’m A Stay-At-Home, Working Mom, And I’m Sick Of Being Insulted By The President
Mr. President, I don’t give a damn about national economic priorities for other people. I am concerned with my family’s priorities for our children.
Here’s How The Iraqi Village Can Help Restore Ours
We in the West can learn from those in the East regarding the village support system families need to truly thrive.
Dear President Obama, I Quit Law School To Stay With My Kids
Don’t pretend you know the right answer to the many hard choices women must make, Mr. President.
Mike Pence Makes A Change, Rejects Federal Preschool Power Grab
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence breaks with the GOP’s tendency to support more government meddling with small children. It’s a small, but significant, decision.
We Cannot Afford To View Children As Commodities
Here’s how to think about the new figure claiming children cost their parents a quarter-million to raise.