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Multi-generational families make a comeback

Carolyn Moynihan | 31 October 2008

Statistics show more parents are moving in with their adult children.

China’s other baby feeding scandal

Carolyn Moynihan | 31 October 2008

Only half of mothers breast-feed exclusively under six months, and that’s the official figure.

Women boost infidelity rates

Carolyn Moynihan | 31 October 2008

Changing roles and communication technology play a part.

Financial crisis sees divorce rates fall in Spain

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 October 2008

Maybe some couples will stay together permanently.

USA to launch a 21-year study of children

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 October 2008

But some question the cost-effectiveness of the $2.7bn project.

Niger found guilty of not protecting girl slave

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 October 2008

Thousands of Africans still suffer under the customary practice of slavery.

Swiss teens sell themselves for designer goods

Carolyn Moynihan | 29 October 2008 | comment 1

The law presents no obstacle to 16- to 18-year-olds who take up prostitution.

Faith factor could reverse gay marriage in California

Carolyn Moynihan | 24 October 2008

Support for a ban has risen to equal support for legal status.

Why can’t an Aussie dad be more like a Dane?

Carolyn Moynihan | 24 October 2008

A study finds Australian fathers spend only six minutes alone with their kids during the working week.

Worried Japanese parents try to marry off adult children

Carolyn Moynihan | 24 October 2008

They are turning to group matchmaking sessions to find spouses.

Private schools could rescue German education system

Carolyn Moynihan | 23 October 2008

An economist says state funding and private operation works in the Netherlands.

Japan’s new caregivers: retired men

Carolyn Moynihan | 23 October 2008

Volunteers find a new life after 60 in a rapidly ageing society.

Gen Y shakes up the workplace

Carolyn Moynihan | 23 October 2008

They arrive with a strong sense of entitlement, and leave if not satisfied.

Family breakdown costs New Zealand $1bn a year

Carolyn Moynihan | 22 October 2008

Yet it hardly rates a mention among politicians and researchers.

Early drug use a cause, not effect, of social problems

Carolyn Moynihan | 17 October 2008

Study shows kids from low-risk backgrounds greatly increase their risk of health and social problems.

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