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. |
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Another (much nicer) family portrait from QuebecCarolyn Moynihan | 11 Nov 2011In response to my post, A Quebec Family Portrait, Quebecer Georges Allaire writes, "Not all Quebec families fit present standards."Is time at university time well spent?Carolyn Moynihan | 10 Nov 2011"Is the higher education bubble about to pop? I don’t know," writes Anthony Grafton in the New York Review of Books. He is reviewing eight books on the American university system -- most of them rather doomful.Fatherhood makes the manCarolyn Moynihan | 10 Nov 2011There is an increasing amount of fatherhood research going on, which is a good thing. A new study finds that, after men become fathers for the first time, they show significant decreases in crime, tobacco and alcohol use.A Quebec Family PortraitCarolyn Moynihan | 9 Nov 2011There is a very important cautionary tale in a report from the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada this week. The report, A Quebec Family Portrait, shows that, although the province has broken new ground in family and social policy, it faces severe challenges in the areas of economics, and demographics and social capital.Mme Curie and the second shiftCarolyn Moynihan | 7 Nov 2011Today I went to a public hospital for an x-ray, an appointment that happened to fall on the 144th birthday of Marie Curie (as Google’s doodle reminds us) a pioneer of the technology -- for which we can all be thankful.Contraceptive shot linked with memory lossCarolyn Moynihan | 4 Nov 2011Days after posting an article on the probable role of an injectable birth control hormone in spreading AIDS, I read this week that the same stuff may be causing memory loss in middle-aged woman. As if we didn’t have enough trouble remembering things already!A rap over the knuckles for offensive lyricsCarolyn Moynihan | 4 Nov 2011The latest move in Britain’s clampdown on the sexualization of children is a warning to broadcasters to keep offensive lyrics off the radio waves at times when children are likely to be listening.More US teenagers are delaying sexCarolyn Moynihan | 3 Nov 2011It's official -- figures from the US Centres for Disease Control last month confirm a 20-year drop.UN officer stresses importance of the familyCarolyn Moynihan | 1 Nov 2011In 2014 the UN marks the Twentieth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family. Listen to a UN officer with good things to say about the importance of the family.A Christmas truce on the social media frontCarolyn Moynihan | 27 Oct 2011Intermedia, Rome, a partner of MercatorNet, has come up with a great Christmas idea -- to make December 25 a day on which everyone can enjoy the social media online without running into any kind of violence.free updates
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