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ifeminists September 30, 2003 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Aborting Child Protection Health-care personnel are ordinarily mandatory reporters of child abuse. But a recent survey has prompted the question of whether abortion clinics take this responsibility seriously. |
ifeminists April 21, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Replace "Best Interest of the Child" with "Protect and Support the Child's Family" Author cites critical flaws in family legal policy, and a need to move to a more "whole family" approach. |
ifeminists August 19, 2003 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Parents or Prisons For some people, prisons are a substitute for parents. This apparent overstatement is shorthand for two more precise points. |
Salon.com October 4, 2000 Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
Pluck and circumstance Judith Wallerstein makes a case for marriage, and on rare occasions, a healthy divorce... |
Salon.com September 25, 2000 Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. |
Just say yes to Ritalin! Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else. |
Salon.com October 8, 2002 Lynn Ponton |
Running with the bad girls What's the solution when teens hang out with the wrong kind of kids? Don't despair, says Dr. Ponton. Parents have far more influence than they realize. |
Salon.com February 15, 2002 Janelle Brown |
Private hell Who is to blame in the death of a California toddler and the alleged neglect of 12 siblings? The sketchy details that have emerged so far highlight the limits of agencies meant to protect children, and point to the primacy of community in ensuring their safety. |
ifeminists July 19, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative Will Help Children of Divorce A misguided collection of federal and state officials, divorce attorneys and women's advocates have all united to oppose a simple proposition: children need both parents. |
ifeminists January 18, 2006 Carey Roberts |
Double-Standard Treatment for Child Abusers When a man commits child abuse, it seems the story is all over the front page. When the perpetrator is a woman, the story is relegated to the bottom of page C9. As long as we tolerate this gender double-standard, the problem will fester and grow. |
ifeminists March 5, 2007 Teri Stoddard |
Can't Find a Husband? Men who embrace fatherhood are shown their time and influence aren't important. Our government does this by enforcing child support orders while not enforcing visitation orders. |
ifeminists April 13, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Marriage and the Limits of Contract A culture full of people who violate their contracts at every possible opportunity cannot be held together by legal institutions. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2002 |
Curbside Consultation What should a physician do if he/she suspects child abuse? |
Salon.com March 25, 2002 Amy Benfer |
The lost language of fat Hectored by experts and afraid of hurting their kids' self-esteem, parents of overweight children remain silent -- as the nation faces a youthful obesity crisis... |
ifeminists March 2, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
The True Cost of False Witness False or frivolous charges of child abuse play havoc with the family court system, and in the lives of many innocent people. At the very least, society needs to impose some penalty for inflicting those kinds of costs on others. |
ifeminists September 24, 2002 Sacks & Thompson |
Shared Custody Could Prevent Abductions According to the US Department of Justice, mothers and fathers abduct their children in equal numbers. What is needed is to reform the child custody system in order to prevent the kidnappings from occurring in the first place. |
ifeminists September 15, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
The Subversion of Child Support Child support in the U.S. would do better to assume no greater ambition than cover normal child costs. It would serve children better, which it is what it's supposed to do, not adult needs nor other social or economic agendas. |
Salon.com March 29, 2001 Amy Benfer |
Mommy's little monster When good girls grow up to be bad girls, their mothers indulge in maternal hysteria. The lucky moms then get book contracts... |
The Family Room Mia Cronan |
Hey, Who's the Boss, Here? We've all been in situations with our children when, out in public, we just want to crawl into a big hole in the ground, never to be seen again, right? |
Salon.com September 6, 2001 Damien Cave |
If a child is a killer, are the parents to blame? Psychologist and author James Garbarino says the responsibility for teen violence must be shared... |
ifeminists February 18, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
We Abort Fathers A discussion on the right to choose. If only women have children, how can they expect anything from men as a consequence of a choice that is only theirs? |
Salon.com June 4, 1999 Alice Miller |
The trauma of childhood The trauma of childhood: As long as they are loved, children can recover from abuse and even the horror of war. |
AskMen.com Michael Estrin |
Paying Child Support 101 Though the laws vary from state to state and each case is different, it's important to know a few things about the general process so you can protect yourself. |
Salon.com June 7, 2001 Amy Benfer |
The nuclear family takes a hit Census data deals a blow to an American icon -- and the conservative groups that promote it... |
Food Processing November 2006 Barbara Katz |
Focus on: Childhood Obesity In spite of all the press and the studies and the looming health issues, it appears parents are just not that concerned about childhood obesity. |
The Family Room Marty W. Stewart |
Five Secrets for Parents to Help Encourage Responsible Use of the Internet As technology progresses and children find even more need to use the Internet, parents must develop clear-cut and consistent rules while children are online. |
Registered Rep. April 10, 2012 Kevin McKinley |
Helping Clients Cut Off the Kids If you have clients stretched between supporting their older youngsters and saving for retirement, you can delicately help the parents nudge, shove, and kick the offspring out of the proverbial nest. |
ifeminists November 10, 2004 Tony Zizza |
Time To Look At DFCS Differently The U.S. child protection system does nothing to punish those who make false allegations of child abuse and should bear some responsibility when families split up over these same false allegations of child abuse. |
ifeminists July 16, 2009 Jim Peron |
Marriage's shifting status...and gay marriage today Marriage predates the Christian church. The recognition of committed relationships has existed in all cultures, for most of human history. |
ifeminists December 8, 2004 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Fifteen Reasons to Adopt Here are 15 reasons why adoption is preferable to assisted reproductive technology (ART). |
Sports Central January 7, 2015 Mert Ertunga |
Thoughts on Tennis Parenting Recently, the issue of "tennis parenting," a term used for parents whose kids who play competitive tennis, has resurfaced within the last month. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2006 Ken Bird |
Student Information Systems >> How Do You Spell Parental Involvement? S-I-S Research shows parental involvement improves student achievement, and because with the advent of the Internet and the use of Student Information Systems, schools have never had an easier tool to offer parents. |
Registered Rep. April 22, 2015 Kevin McKinley |
Small Deposits Now, Big Money Later Using the right vehicle and starting as soon as possible, parents, grandparents and other concerned family members can provide a lifetime of financial security for the children they love. |
Reason February 2001 Brian Doherty |
Doctor's Orders Parents battle medical authorities for control of their children... |
American Family Physician January 15, 2007 Kelly Colleen McDonald |
Child Abuse: Approach and Management A multidisciplinary approach is recommended to adequately evaluate and treat child abuse victims; however, the responsibility often lies with the family physician to recognize and treat these cases at first presentation to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. |
Salon.com June 5, 2001 Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
Banish the boogeymom! Why, when a woman chooses both to work and to mother, does she incite the sort of rage reserved for wayward clerics and defilers of sacred things? |
Registered Rep. June 17, 2013 Kevin McKinley |
The Power of Persuasion These small acts for clients' children and grandchildren can make a big difference. |
ifeminists August 31, 2005 Leving & Sacks |
Persecuting Low Income Parents The driving force behind child support arrearages is not bad parents, but instead rigid child support systems which are impervious to the economic realities noncustodial parents face, such as layoffs, wage cuts, and work-related injuries. |
Salon.com August 30, 2000 Debra Ollivier |
Whose crisis is this, anyway? Teens are getting the blame for their parents' failures. |
ifeminists March 23, 2005 Glenn Sacks |
New Study of Youth Shows It's Boys Who Are in Crisis The question of whether boys or girls have been doing better has been a point of sometimes rancorous debate among feminist and other scholars in recent decades. |
Investment Advisor October 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
The Kids Stay in the Picture Think of your financial advisory clients' children now, and they're likely to think of you later. |
The Family Room Johann Christoph Arnold |
In Praise of Black Sheep There's a black sheep in every flock, and there are few of us who don't know one, or didn't know one as a child. But no matter how natural the phenomenon, being a misfit is never easy... |
Fast Company November 17, 2011 Anya Kamenetz |
The Case For Girls Most would-be parents prefer boys, not girls. Is part of the trouble, dare we say, a branding problem - one that advertising could solve? |
T.H.E. Journal April 2002 Mark Nixon |
How the Web Keeps Parents 'In the Know' As teachers and parents work together to assist students in their studies, the Web has emerged as a highly effective and informative communication tool to meet the needs of today's busy teachers and parents... |
ifeminists December 21, 2005 Leving & Sacks |
Federal Child Support Enforcement Cuts Will Hurt Bureaucrats, not Children For too long American child support policies have been determined by politics instead of common sense; the mantra of "help women and children" has allowed large-scale abuses and waste to go unchallenged. |
Salon.com September 6, 2000 Theresa Heim |
Cramming for kindergarten I tutor 3-year-olds to crush the competition. |