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Carolyn Moynihan

Carolyn Moynihan is a New Zealand journalist with a special interest in family issues. She began her working life as a secondary school teacher but always fancied the life of the scribe. Too late, she realised that the latter is even more work than teaching Shakespeare to 15-year-olds and the pay is generally less. Being a reluctant geek, she has never quite got over the surprise of finding herself the deputy editor of an online magazine—a pleasant sensation for the most part.

She once wrote a book—the history of New Zealand’s own anti-porn movement in its heyday—for which she got mixed reviews and no awards. She lives in the country’s largest city, Auckland, which is three hours by plane from Sydney—the hub of MercatorNet—and too far for comfort from anywhere else of importance. Still, it is a very nice vantage point from which to meddle in the affairs of the world.

Play tells British schoolkids ‘it’s OK to be gay’
Carolyn Moynihan | 13 Nov 2008
But parents are saying 11 and 12 is too young to discuss homosexuality.

Canadian boy lived in an online world
Carolyn Moynihan | 11 Nov 2008
Confiscation of 15-year-old’s Xbox was followed by his death.

Video games can increase aggression
Carolyn Moynihan | 11 Nov 2008
Research in US and Japan shows the same effect.

No TV for youngest children, says expert
Carolyn Moynihan | 8 Nov 2008
Even teenagers use of all media should not exceed two hours.

California voters reject gay marriage - again
Carolyn Moynihan | 6 Nov 2008
70 per cent of black voters supported a ban.

Indian tribe bans abortion
Carolyn Moynihan | 6 Nov 2008
But predictably there is opposition.

Sex on TV linked with pregnancies
Carolyn Moynihan | 4 Nov 2008
A RAND study supports this commonsense view, but suggests feeble remedy.

Fairy stories could harm kids, atheist Dawkins suggests
Carolyn Moynihan | 4 Nov 2008
Maybe the worst thing they could do is prepare minds for religion. Gasp!

Multi-generational families make a comeback
Carolyn Moynihan | 31 Oct 2008
Statistics show more parents are moving in with their adult children.

China’s other baby feeding scandal
Carolyn Moynihan | 31 Oct 2008
Only half of mothers breast-feed exclusively under six months, and that’s the official figure.

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