Carolyn Moynihan
Anonymous Father's DayCarolyn Moynihan | 23 Nov 2011It's Father's Day again -- that is, Anonymous Father's Day, a time to become aware of what the children of donor dads think of their absent, unknown progenitors.To help kids, help their parentsCarolyn Moynihan | 21 Nov 2011A leading British headmistress is worried that it is not just today's schoolchildren who lack values and good standards of behaviour but also their parents.So this is what they mean by "comprehensive sex education"?Carolyn Moynihan | 18 Nov 2011The New York Times yesterday published a preview of a weekend magazine article called “Teaching Good Sex” -- a long and detailed account of how one teacher, with full support from his elite school, is promoting sexual pleasure as a goal for 17-year-olds and even younger teenagers.Cartoonist captured "family moments" fondlyCarolyn Moynihan | 17 Nov 2011Not living in America, I had never heard of family values cartoonist Bil Keane until this week, when someone alerted me to his death. Seems like I have been missing a great tradition all these years.Love and nationalityCarolyn Moynihan | 15 Nov 2011There can be few extended families today where someone has not married a spouse of a different nationality. In a globalised world, where people go abroad to study, find work, take holidays or to settle, international marriages are increasingly common and are drawing countries closer together.Shops you can dropCarolyn Moynihan | 15 Nov 2011Here's a pre Christmas shopping heads-up, especially for folks Down Under. It's a warning from Australian group Collective Shout, a grassroots campaigning movement challenging the sexualisation and objectification of women and girls, about brands that do precisely that.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.subscribe donate
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