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. |
Families gather around TV to do their own thing
Carolyn Moynihan | 6 Aug 2009
Electronic media, once a force for togetherness as whole families
gathered around the radio or television, are now pulling families
apart, according to a report from the UK’s communication’s regulator,
Ofcom.
Lead us not into temptation...
Carolyn Moynihan | 5 Aug 2009
In a refreshing change from research that looks for excuses for
everyday vices in people’s genes or family background, a study from the
Kellogg School of Management looks at things like temptation, willpower
and humility (yes, really) in impulsive and addictive behaviour.
Grand expectations
Carolyn Moynihan | 4 Aug 2009
In vitro fertilisation clinics should be doing a freeze during the recession, but in Britain their income is going up and up. Research conducted for a women’s magazine indicates that £2.9 billion will be spent on fertility treatments this year compared with £1.8 billion in 2007. Government funded IVF is in short supply, so where is the private money coming from?
China's abortion surge blamed on young, single women
Carolyn Moynihan | 31 Jul 2009
A report in the official Chinese newspaper China Daily reveals some shocking figures on abortion in that country: 13 million surgical abortions a year performed in hospitals, 10 million abortion pills sold every year, and unknown number of abortions done in unregistered rural hospitals. “Family planning” statistics are usually considered state secrets, so why this sudden revelation?
Does Hogwarts have a drinking problem?
Carolyn Moynihan | 30 Jul 2009
A good question, asked by New York Times Well blogger Tara Parker-Pope. In scene after scene of the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, she says, “the young wizards and their adult professors are seen sipping, gulping and pouring various forms of alcohol to calm their nerves, fortify their courage or comfort their sorrows.” Parents may be surprised -- and not very happy about this message.
Divorce has lasting effects on health
Carolyn Moynihan | 29 Jul 2009
More evidence has come to light of the damage divorce does to family members. A study of 8652 people aged 51 to 61 shows that those who have been divorced, as well as those widowed, have worse health than those who have been continuously married or who have never married. Their health improves somewhat with remarriage but still suffers long term effects.
New Zealand parents reject smacking ban
Carolyn Moynihan | 27 Jul 2009
The Great Smacking Debate is in full flight in New Zealand where a law
change two years ago specifically banned the use of “force” for the
purpose of correcting children. Opponents of the new law collected
enough signatures to secure a referendum on the smacking issue, which
takes place next month. A New Zealand Herald poll last week shows that
85 per cent of parents of young children plan to vote No on the
question: “Should a smack as part of good parental be a criminal
offence in New Zealand?”
Children engulfed by armed conflict
Carolyn Moynihan | 24 Jul 2009
A distressing report from UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund,
says that more then one billion children live in countries or
territories affected by armed conflict. Just think of it: that’s about
one-sixth of the world’s total population. More than 300 million of
these children are under the age of five, and 18 million children are
refugees or displaced persons.
Why are young men still living at home more violent?
Carolyn Moynihan | 23 Jul 2009
We have are used to the idea that young men are responsible for much of the violence in society, but who would have thought that living under the parental roof was the strongest risk factor for such behaviour? And yet, that is what researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, found when they asked over 8000 men and women about violent behaviour over the past five years and mental health problems.
Lessons from career woman's no-baby shock
Carolyn Moynihan | 21 Jul 2009
I have just caught up with a classic “confessions of a career woman”
story by a British woman who has reached the age of 45 bitterly
disappointed that she will never have her own child. The Daily Mail
headline says it all: “Seduced by stories of stars giving birth later
and IVF myths, career-obsessed Lucy believed children and love could
wait.”
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