Category: Parental Rights/ Parenting
Screen Time and Language Development
Becoming verbal is not innate but rather a skill children acquire through interactions with their primary caregivers. Parents who engage in conversation and reading with their children foster language development. When parents actively listen to their children and show genuine interest in their thoughts, children learn to express themselves and engage in meaningful conversation with others. Building language skills necessitates the physical and emotional presence of parents or primary caregivers who actively engage with the children.
Read MoreDallas maternity home saving lives by building ‘face-to-face’ relationships with expectant moms
“Our mission is to provide a safe, welcoming community to women who are pregnant and homeless, or at risk of homelessness,” Puccini, the home’s executive director, said in an interview with Live Action News.
Read MoreDeSantis Signs Bill Limiting Social-Media Use for Minors under 16 into Law
The bill, once it becomes law on January 1, will ban children under 14 from accessing social-media accounts and require parental permission for children ages 14-15. It will also prohibit minors from accessing “pornographic or sexually explicit” websites, as well as require anonymous and standard age verification for young users.
Read MoreWhy These Women Chose to Have 5 or More Kids
As the American birth rate declines, academic Catherine Ruth Pakaluk decided to look at the 5% of American women who are outliers, and who have five or more children. With a colleague, she interviewed 55 of those women, and shares their reasons and experiences in her new book “Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.”
Read MoreWyoming’s Republican governor signs law banning transgender drugs, surgeries for children
The Republican governor of Wyoming on Friday signed a measure prohibiting destructive transgender drugs and surgeries for children and teens under the age of 18.
Read MoreWashington Post, TikTok Target Young Women Speaking Up About Birth Control
The Post reported Thursday that “women are getting off birth control amid [a] misinformation explosion,” referring to the onslaught of viral videos of young women in their teens and 20s discussing how dramatically their lives have improved since getting off hormonal birth control and using natural fertility awareness methods.
Read MoreParental rights champion demands answers after Facebook allegedly branded her with child sexual abuse warning
Shaw has won the loathing of radical leftists for cluing parents in to what’s happening with their children at school and enabling parents to challenge obscene content made accessible to students.
Read MoreThe Anxious Generation Has the Worst of Both Worlds
In a blockbuster Atlantic piece, “The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood,” my Let Grow co-founder Jonathan Haidt says our culture is getting it all wrong when it comes to kids: We “underprotect” them in the virtual world and overprotect them in the real one.
That’s the worst of both worlds if we want to raise healthy, happy kids.
Chiefs’ Kicker: Strong Fathers, Not ‘Gun Control’ Will Address Degenerate Violence
“I know gun violence was a big discussion, but at the end of the day, this is degenerate violence and it should not be occurring,” Butker said. “I think we need strong fathers in the home. We need men that are leading, that are setting good examples, that are teaching the young men in our society that violence is not the way to handle our disputes.”
Read MoreMost Voters Support Parental Role When Child Explores Gender Transition at School, Survey Finds
“Statistically, parents are the most connected to, invested in, and protective of kids,” Katy Faust, founder and president of Them Before Us, said Wednesday in an interview with The Daily Signal. “They are the adults with the greatest interest in children’s long-term well-being and thriving.” “Not counselors. Not teachers. Not doctors,” added Faust, who leads a nonprofit children’s rights organization based in Seattle. “Parents are the ones who have to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.”
Read MoreSupreme Court allows removal of trans-identified child from Catholic parents’ home to stand
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving Catholic parents trapped in a custody battle after refusing to recognize their trans-identified son’s self-declared female identity.
Read MoreNavigating Inappropriate Media Exposure With Your Kids
Rather than advocating perfection, I’d like to lay before you this goal as a fellow parent: consistent, intentional engagement with our kids about the influence screens have on their lives. As we set limits, ask questions and thoughtfully discuss choices, we’ll model discernment through an ongoing conversation about entertainment, technology and media.
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