Carolyn Moynihan

Carolyn Moynihan is an Auckland (New Zealand) journalist with a special interest in family issues. She is Deputy Editor of MercatorNet and editor of Family Edge.


Marriage or savagery: Lithuania debates the family

Carolyn Moynihan | 26 Apr 2012
Some of the most interesting debates on family policies are taking place in the European countries of the former Soviet bloc.


Executive errors

Carolyn Moynihan | 24 Apr 2012
Carol Bartz, former president and CEO of Yahoo, admits her biggest mistake -- and it wasn't not spending enough time at the office...


The best job in the world

Carolyn Moynihan | 23 Apr 2012
Being a mom is the hardest job in the world. But it's also the best.


Melinda Gates, "practising Catholic", on birth control

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 Apr 2012
Melinda Gates was holding forth at a conference in Berlin earlier this month about the necessity of universal access to contraception in the developing world.


Young Greeks show a practical spirit

Carolyn Moynihan | 16 Apr 2012
Many are learning to be farmers so they can used their family land holdings better.


Sexualisation of children a public health issue

Carolyn Moynihan | 12 Apr 2012
Australian doctors have led calls for an inquiry into what has been labelled the “premature sexualisation of children in marketing and advertising”, with the Australian Medical Association arguing the practice is detrimental to child health and development.


Early puberty -- or is it?

Carolyn Moynihan | 4 Apr 2012
Is puberty before the age of 10 a “new normal” for girls? asks a long article in the New York Times magazine.


Giving troubled families a stake in society

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 Mar 2012
Remember the riots in UK cities last August? A panel appointed by the government to study the causes published a report today places a lot of the blame on lack of work opportunities for young adults, creating a sense that they have no “stake in society”.


How love goes to one's head

Carolyn Moynihan | 27 Mar 2012
Okay, here’s something positive about brain research. The sense of feeling loved and cared for shapes the brain and the brain in turn shapes our relationships.


Why working class young adults are missing out on marriage

Carolyn Moynihan | 21 Mar 2012
Why are young working class Americans not marrying? Why are they having children outside the security of marriage? Researchers went out and asked the young people themselves.

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