family

Raising boys

Rebecca Walberg | 27 August 2008

A mother and paediatrician writes about what sons need from parents, and how families and culture often shortchange young men.

Homeschooling: a learning experience for the whole family

Mary Cooney | 26 August 2008 | comment 6

It was a lot harder than I imagined, but the reasons for educating our children at home were compelling.

Stressed out warriors

Carolyn Moynihan | 23 August 2008

Women veterans of the Iraq war are experiencing health problems in high numbers, but it's nothing that a bit of support cannot fix, says a researcher.

Family resemblances

Francis Phillips | 20 August 2008 | comment 4

Two visions of English family life in classic British portraiture.

Getting better all the time

Louise Staley | 18 August 2008

Where is the evidence that the planet is getting poorer, more polluted and hungrier?

Nation of Bastards

Richard Bastien | 15 August 2008 | comment 18

The drive for the legalisation of same sex marriage is destroying the traditional concept of marriage, says a Canadian academic.

The best thing since Harry Potter?

Clare Cannon | 05 August 2008 | comment 7

Teenage girls have fallen in love with this breathtaking vampire romance.

Sex without consequences, a world without commitment

Christopher Tollefsen | 01 August 2008 | comment 7

A world shaped by contraception is one that is far from friendly to marriage and family.

Singapore’s fertility woes call for a rethink of sexual attitudes

Nick Chui | 31 July 2008 | comment 6

Frenzied attempts to boost birth rates in the city state ignore one key statistic: abortion rates.

The Pill: past its use-by date

Jennifer Roback Morse | 31 July 2008 | comment 24

Actually, the whole idea that technology can deliver consequence-free sex has outlived its shelf life.

Raising free-range kids

Brian Lilley | 25 July 2008 | comment 11

Helicopter parenting just doesn’t work with four kids and two pets to keep an eye on.

Family footprints

Michelle Martin | 24 July 2008 | comment 3

Economy and character building ensures that a family of 12 keeps its carbon output modest.

Tell it to the marines

Joe Woodard | 19 July 2008 | comment 24

A few weeks in a Marine boot camp works wonders, says a proud father.

A trip too far

Michelle Martin | 10 July 2008 | comment 5

As the school year fills up with treats, a mother wonders where the neighbourhood cleanup and nursing home visit fit in.

Family ‘diversity’ unpacked

Dale O'Leary | 09 July 2008 | comment 22

To pretend that all families are equal denies the truth of the child’s experience.

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