7 Insights From J.D. Vance And Co. About The Forces Ripping American Families Apart
With an auditorium packed to hear best-selling ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author J.D. Vance, Heritage Foundation scholars unveiled the 2017 Index of Culture and Opportunity.
Ben Sasse Almost Pierces Our Helicopter Parents Problem: Child Neglect
We over-parent our children in scheduling because we under-parent our children in sitting and talking. They’re still present in the house at 30 because they weren’t fully in our presence at 10.
Everyone Should Consider How To Support Moms Like Professor Who Offered To Hold Baby In Class
Professor Sally Hunter told single mother Morgan King she doesn’t need to miss class again if she can’t find childcare. Just bring the baby to class.
In Remembrance Of Peter Javsicas, A Man Who Helped Save Me
On June 13, Philadelphia public transit advocate Peter Javsicas was killed when a car in the Center City neighborhood jumped a curb and struck him.
This Doctoral Student Identifies As A Hippopotamus ‘Tranimal,’ Says It Makes Him Feel ‘Sexy’
The key aspects of culture that help us define our origin, purpose, and identity are lost. As a result, so are we.
The Surprising Link Between Broken Families And America’s Opioid Crisis
Harm-reduction and law enforcement are a losing battle because our society’s saturation with opioids inadvertently unmasked a dormant, lingering pain: the breakup of American families.
Report: Global Spike In Cohabitation Is Destabilizing Children’s Lives
This study firmly shows that across the world marriage confers the best chances for stability for children. Yet adults are increasingly choosing not to provide their kids that optimal environment.
Economist: Public School Should Start At Birth Because So Many Families Are A Mess
Most programs for small children are targeted at those age four and older, which is too late to affect crucial language development, James Heckman says.
Here’s Why It Can Never Really Be Christmas Without Children
Roger Scruton calls our gratitude for the gift of being the ‘fundamental religious truth.’ Children bring this gratitude into our lives in a singular way.
Restoring Our Country Must Start In Our Homes And Neighborhoods
What will We the People, in our individual capacities, do next? Any argument that government is the problem requires addressing the cracks that so many assume are there.
If You Want To Be A Foster Parent, You Need To Know The Truth
Welcoming foster kids into your home may not be easy or heartwarming. It may break your heart, and threaten to break your family.
How Black Lives Matter-Style Activism Is Ruining America
High-minded but ineffective solutions can often be worse than useless insofar as they deter people from focusing on what really needs to be done.
If He Really Wants To Help Blacks, Colin Kaepernick Needs To Put Up Or Shut Up
Instead of insulting our nation, NFL athletes should use their money and fame to work towards actual solutions to the black issues they purport to care about.
Tennessee To Create ‘Safe Spaces’ In K-12 Schools
The federal government has revived a failed push to have schools track and manipulate kids’ feelings and relationships. But ‘safe spaces’ won’t help troubled kids.
Donald Trump’s Culture War
While the recent Republican convention was notably bereft of significant attention to the usual culture-war issues, Donald Trump’s critique of our economy and foreign policy is its own culture war.
We Wouldn’t Need Affirmative Action If K-12 Schools Actually Worked
If the noblest goal of affirmative action is to reduce the disparity of fortune between the races, that effort has clearly fallen short.
The Divorce Revolution Has Bred An Army Of Woman Haters
The divorce revolution has created a large minority of men who are ambivalent or hostile towards sacrifice, commitment, women, and marriage.
Alicia Florrick Is A Bad Wife
As a legal procedural and political drama, ‘The Good Wife’ is smart, nuanced and interesting. As a matrimonial tutorial, its moral is not so subtle. Marriage is doomed.
A Little Mother Prevents Big Brother
Mothers are the ultimate force for de-centralizing and distributing power in society. That’s the best reason to celebrate Mother’s Day—perpetually.
A Child’s Search For His Father Transcends ‘Jungle Book’s’ Racism
The current set of easy attacks on Rudyard Kipling miss the center of his ‘Jungle Book’ stories.
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