parenting articles

The honour killings which shook Canada’s soul

Rebekah Hebbert | 14 February 2012 |

tags: Canada, honor killings, multiculturalism

Wealthy Afghan immigrants murdered the first wife and three daughters because they had become too “Western”.

A parental defence of highly effective nagging

Mary Santangelo | 10 February 2012 |

tags: character, emerging adults, parenting

When a deadly habit becomes a useful tool in the parental armoury.

The parental happiness curve

W. Bradford Wilcox and Elizabeth Marquardt | 19 December 2011 |

tags: marriage, parenthood, religion

Why are parents with four-plus children happier, on average, than those with just a couple?

A hospice in the womb

Carolyn Moynihan | 09 December 2011 |

tags: abortion, perinatal hospice, prenatal testing

When prenatal diagnosis brings bad news about their child, parents deserve a real choice of paths. Happily, there is a beautiful option available.

What The Wizard of Oz can teach us about bullying

Izzy Kalman | 30 November 2011 |

tags: bullying

The underlying message of this iconic film is how to grow out of childhood fears

Misconceptions about a new vein of comedy

Damian Adams | 21 November 2011 |

tags: IVF, sperm donation

Not knowing your biological father is hardly a fit topic for Hollywood slapstick.

Same sex adoption is not a game

Rick Fitzgibbons | 18 November 2011 |

tags: parenting, same-sex adoption, US

Allowing same sex couples to adopt children deprives them of a mother or a father and subjects them to a dangerous social experiment.

Bringing up baby

Angela Shanahan | 27 October 2011 |

tags: childcare, motherhood, parenting

Why are there more than 900 books on baby care in print in Australia?

My daughter’s paradoxical genes

Mark W. Leach | 24 October 2011 |

tags: abortions, Down syndrome, girls

Why are parents encouraged to abort Down syndrome children and banned from aborting girls?

Family values remain strong in a changing world

Laurie deRose | 24 October 2011 |

tags: family values, World Values Survey

Gobal data shows majority support for the traditional family, despite some erosion.

Time to question the war against bullies

Izzy Kalman | 21 October 2011 |

tags: bullying, schools, zero tolerance

October is bullying prevention month, but is the war on bullying just making things worse?

“I’m sorry I did not wait”

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 October 2011 |

tags: adolescence, sex education, sexual behaviour

Pressure and lack of self control lead teens in developing countries to regret sex, a new study shows.

Are babies prizes or gifts?

Margaret Somerville | 18 October 2011 |

tags: commercialism, IVF, slavery

A Canadian radio station created world-wide controversy recently when it ran a "win a baby" competition.

A bicycle built for two

Christopher Blunt | 09 October 2011 |

tags: cycling, fatherhood

How a tandem bike brought my cycling career full circle.

Spanish mothers, families and children’s happiness

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 September 2011 |

tags: child wellbeing, family values, materialism

A UNICEF report throws more light than it intends on problems in British family life.

It’s not all sweet for kids in Sweden

David Quinn | 16 September 2011 |

tags: consumerism, parenting, work-life balance

A UN report on British children makes Sweden sound like family heaven. Is it?

The woman behind the icon

Carolyn Moynihan | 03 September 2011 |

tags: family, Steve Jobs, technology

Steve Jobs is a genius, all right, but even geniuses need to be born.

Deselecting and selecting our children

Margaret Somerville | 30 August 2011 |

tags: Down syndrome, genetic testing

Is a society without disabled citizens really a perfect society?

Fatherless youths run riot

Joanna Bogle | 12 August 2011 |

tags: British riots, family breakdown, youth

Will the mayhem in British cities this week finally convince doubters that family structure matters?

It Gets Better - the youth campaign that makes everything worse

Mary Rice Hasson | 29 July 2011 |

tags: family, homosexuality, youth

How can life get better for sexually confused young people if they cut themselves off from their families and abandon themselves to sex?

One big, happy polygamous family?

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 July 2011 |

tags: children's rights, polygamy

In the wake of New York’s same-sex marriage law plural marriage is getting an airing, but no-one wants to talk about the kids.