Here’s an interesting article about some restaurants who have decided to ban children from their establishments because the behaviors that kids will naturally display is hurting business. Interesting points from both sides of the argument; I’d agree that allowing kids into restaurants gives them the opportunity to develop a different set of social skills that [Read More]
A new study has found that gun crime in the US has dropped tremendously over the past 20 years. In less than two decades, the gun murder rate has been cut by almost 50%. Even though there has been a dramatic decrease in gun crime, 56% of people surveyed believed that there has been an [Read More]
A recent CDC study has found no causal link between vaccines and Autism. Read the full article here
Below are excerpts from an article titled Americans ‘snapping’ By the Millions. Sobering statistics from reputable organizations. – Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death for Americans. Even more disturbing, in the world’s greatest military, more U.S. soldiers died last year by suicide than in combat; Fully one-third of the [Read More]
The American Freshman Survey was recently completed; a survey that has been compiling data from college freshman for almost 50 years. What the results of the survey state is that, more than ever, college students are more likely to call themselves ‘gifted’ and ‘driven to succeed’ while also having their test scores decrease and time [Read More]
A brief commentary on the results of a recent UK survey which noted that kids a ‘dad’ as the number 10 asked for thing for Christmas.
An editorial on Adam Sander’s new movie which seems to perpetuate an out-dated stereotype -
A brief commentary about Time Magazine’s cover which is about ‘Attachment Parenting’
Here’s a story about how a 6 year old girl from Georgia was placed in handcuffs because of unsafe behaviors in a school setting.
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12 year old Philadelphia Boy dies after fight at school; may be related to bullying
A 12 y/o boy from the Philadelphia area died weeks after a fight at school. The article for the story is below. This is a tragedy for so many reasons, but ultimately because it appears the boy was trying to do the right thing and didn’t have the opportunity to. Its important for all parents [Read More]