Carolyn Moynihan
How men contribute to Australian happinessCarolyn Moynihan | 24 May 2012It’s happiness survey time again, with the publication of the OECD’s annual Better Life Index. And, for once, it’s not a Scandinavian country that comes out on top.Girl violence and the parent gapCarolyn Moynihan | 21 May 2012Violence among teenage girls -- towards each other, towards strangers -- is a growing problem in many countries.Ottawa exhibition modified after complaintsCarolyn Moynihan | 17 May 2012A sex exhibition due to open in Ottawa today and aimed at children 12 and up has been modified, thanks to complaints from the public and a letter to a government minister.Self-control is the only magic bulletCarolyn Moynihan | 16 May 2012That's what they want from people at risk of HIV. Is that what they are teaching the young people in sex-ed classes?Mother's Day postscriptCarolyn Moynihan | 15 May 2012And now for something completely normal and very nice from the Mother's Day menu.Attachment parenting? My eye! This is exploitationCarolyn Moynihan | 14 May 2012I suppose it is hard to get a new angle on an anniversary as hallowed as Mother’s Day, but does that excuse Time magazine for putting what amounts to porn on its cover?Most US high school students have never had sexCarolyn Moynihan | 11 May 2012A report from the federal health monitoring agency, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), brings the news that births to teenagers aged 15-19 are down by 44 per cent on 1990.Educating kids for starting up, and starting againCarolyn Moynihan | 8 May 2012The EU Commissioner in charge of education, culture, multilingualism and youth is calling for European schools to turn out students who are more entrepreneurial and with a positive attitude to risk-taking.Too much farming out of children leads to problemsCarolyn Moynihan | 3 May 2012Commuter parents are taking to putting their children in care before school opens in the morning, but an Australian study finds that, for school beginners at least, this can lead to problems."I commit to live with you ... for as long as it works out"Carolyn Moynihan | 30 Apr 2012We have talked a fair bit on this website about cohabitation. Here's a video on the subject that pulls no punches.subscribe donate
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