Category: Parental Rights/ Parenting
The Kids Are Not All Right: A Review of Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation
Haidt identifies four foundational harms of the phone-based childhood: social deprivation, sleep deprivation, attention fragmentation, and addiction.
Read MoreEven notorious leftist Bill Maher is calling out the LGBT grooming of children
“Referring to the LGBT programming in schools as ‘entrapment’ in a recent episode of his late-night show Real Time, even notorious left-wing comedian Bill Maher seems to have had enough of the war against children’s innocence.”
Read MoreUniversity of Mary student to graduate with toddler, supported by campus program for moms
“A young mother will be the first to graduate from a Catholic school in North Dakota with the support of the school’s program that provides young student-mothers with child care, housing, and community. Katie Chihoski plans to walk across the stage to obtain her diploma with her 18-month-old daughter, Lucia, by her side.”
Read More5 ways social media and devices are affecting our kids
“In this fast-paced digital era, the allure of media has woven itself into the very fabric of our society, permeating the lives of our children in ways unimaginable just a few decades ago.”
Read MoreNext gen vigilance: How can we protect children from harmful media exposure? (book excerpt)
“It’s up to us as parents to guard the spirits and souls of our kids by guarding what we allow them to see and hear. Disturbing scenes from a movie, TV show, or video game can show up in their dreams, even if they have a fascination for them.”
Read MoreLiving big: How adoption and Down syndrome ignited a mission in one family
““I fell instantly in love,” Kirstin shared, adding, “Aria loves with everything in her. Everything she does is exaggerated. A jump, a smile, a laugh. That turns off in most of us. We stop living so big as we age. We tone down. Individuals with Down syndrome, they don’t tone down. Everything is big, everything is special.””
Read More5 tips for raising healthy kids in a food processed world
Ultra-processed foods now account for two-thirds of calories in the diets of children and teens, according to new medical research. This is not surprising if you look around the aisles in the grocery store or observe the lines at fast food restaurants; but it is concerning. Strong evidence shows that a higher intake of ultra-processed foods raises the risk of obesity by 55%, sleep disorders by 41%, type 2 diabetes by 40% and depression by 20%.
Read MoreIndependent Catholic schools movement gives Ontario parents alternative to gov’t-funded education
The Consortium of Independent Ontario Catholic Schools (CIOCS) is a network of schools whose primary purpose is to foster collaboration and communion among member schools while upholding shared values, mission, and commitment to Catholic education.
Read MoreMissouri, Nebraska Advance Education Freedom
This week, Missouri expanded its education choice policy and Nebraska adopted a new school choice policy. So far this year, five states have enacted new education choice policies or expanded existing ones, and several additional state legislatures are making significant progress on the issue.
Read MoreIt’s time to ban social media on smartphones for children and adolescents
In the May issue of National Review, San Diego State University psychologist Jean Twenge presents smoking-gun data that shows the manifold harms to children and teenagers caused by smartphones, specifically social media use on them. She claims, and I agree, that we have to do more to alleviate these harms, by government intervention if necessary.
Read MoreDems will make state sanctuary for kids’ gender transitions, abortion over GOP protest
Abortion is legal in Maine up until full term of a woman’s pregnancy. Last year, the legislature also approved some transition medication for 16- and 17-year-olds, such as puberty blockers and hormones, without parental consent.
Read MoreInstagram’s Selective Blurring Of Nudity Falls Woefully Short Of Protecting Kids
Instagram is finally taking action against sexual exploitation on its platform, just one day after being called out in the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s (NCOSE) Dirty Dozen List. Instagram, which is owned by Meta, will use artificial intelligence to automatically blur images of nudity in the direct messages (DMs) of users under 18 years old.
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