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.

Sex-ed survey shows three Anglo countries disagree
Carolyn Moynihan | 5 Dec 2011
Canada comes out as the least inhibited country when it comes to sex education, an international survey shows. But even there, the majority of adults think that the job belongs first and foremost to parents.

Poverty and family structure: new data
Carolyn Moynihan | 30 Nov 2011
Although the recession and factors such as the age of parents or their children have a bearing on poverty, the outstanding indicator is family structure. A report from Child Trends.

A weighty problem
Carolyn Moynihan | 30 Nov 2011
It has already happened a few times already and now 8-year-old American boy has been taken from his family and placed in foster care because his mother cannot control his weight.

Naming baby in the age of Google
Carolyn Moynihan | 28 Nov 2011
Besides the quest for novelty (which can go to truly bizarre lengths) there is now a new set of considerations in choosing a name for baby.

No such thing as "good polygamy"
Carolyn Moynihan | 25 Nov 2011
Marriage and family advocacy groups have greeted with enthusiasm a Canadian court decision upholding the country’s ban on polygamy, published yesterday.

A touching story about marriage
Carolyn Moynihan | 24 Nov 2011
Here’s something to be thankful for on America’s Thanksgiving Day: an Iowa couple who shared 72 years of married life and died holding hands.

Anonymous Father's Day
Carolyn Moynihan | 23 Nov 2011
It'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 parents
Carolyn Moynihan | 21 Nov 2011
A 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 2011
The 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" fondly
Carolyn Moynihan | 17 Nov 2011
Not 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.

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