Author: unitedfamilies

Trans activists push for Mother’s Day to become Parent’s Day

One such narrative was highlighted in a video disseminated by the popular account, Libs of TikTok. His quandary extended to others like him, asking, “Is there anyone else out there unsure about which category they fit into? Are you a mom or a dad? Where’s Parents Day? Why can’t we just have a Parents Day?” He proposed a more “inclusive” celebration that honors all parents, rather than reinforcing the binary of mother or father.

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Tough Parents

Out of the blue, an old friend, Randy, called me. It was a couple of days before Mother’s Day, and he seemed to have been thinking about his mother and mine, who had both passed away.

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Solving the Loneliness Epidemic Requires Family, Faith, and Friendship

The U.S. Surgeon General’s report on the public health epidemic of loneliness can be reduced to our society’s lack of three things: family, faith and friends. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been raising the alarm about loneliness because it can lead to depression and other forms of mental illness, as well as severe health conditions including heart disease and dementia.

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