Boys Hardest Hit

An excerpt from the Wall Street Journal article by JAMES TARANTO: Now and then truth emerges in surprising places, such as the pages of the New York Times and the work of Third Way, a goo-goo “moderate” Beltway think tank heretofore best known for its pioneering efforts in the crucially important sphere of seating arrangements. Today’s Times reports…

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Does Hookup Culture Hurt Women?

An excerpt from here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/11/15/does-hookup-culture-hurt-women.html NOV 15, 2013 10:00 PM – BY PEGGY DREXLER Women say they’re happy having no-strings sex, but new research casts doubt on how ’empowering’ casual trysts really feel. In the current season of Parenthood, Berkeley freshman Drew develops a crush on a girl in his dorm. He tells her how he feels, but she…

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Surge in ADHD diagnoses gets a red flag

Children play in a corridor in Barcelona, Spain on November 21, 2012Children play in a corridor in Barcelona, Spain on November 21, 2012 An excerpt from an article from http://www.france24.com Doctors sounded a warning Tuesday over a rise in ADHD diagnoses, saying some children may be needlessly taking powerful drugs intended to correct a poorly understood…

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Top judge pledges to end culture of secrety at family courts

From The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10442315/Top-judge-pledges-to-end-culture-of-secrety-at-family-courts.html One of England’s most senior judges has pledged to expose family courts to the “glare of publicity” to avoid miscarriages of justice and restore public confidence. Sir James Munby, president of the Family Division of the High Court, said parents of children taken into care must no longer be gagged by the…

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The best interests of the child from the perspective of the child

An excerpt from : The Voices of Children of Divorce Listening to the real experts on the “best interests of the child” Published on November 12, 2013 by Edward Kruk, Ph.D. in Co-Parenting After Divorce My simple but constant plea to divorce practitioners and policymakers, a mantra, is that we adopt a new standard in the legal determination of…

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REAL Women support shared parenting

  This is a LADIES only petition, why? Because we need to show not only Governor Rick Scott but the world that this is NOT just a Father’s rights issue. Studies indicate that just as much or even more women support shared parenting than men. Men are more active than ever before in their children’s lives, shared parenting benefits…

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