Category: Parental Rights/ Parenting
The Oscars’ Unlikely Tribute to Motherhood
On Sunday night, while accepting her Academy Award for Best Actress, Hollywood star Jessie Buckley spoke lovingly of her baby daughter who had “no idea what was going on” and was “probably dreaming of milk.” She told her husband that she loved him and wanted to have “20,000 more babies” with him, and ended her speech by dedicating the award to “the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart.” The audience whooped and cheered.
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Parenting: Having Compassion for Your Child’s Humanness
When we think that their behavior is crazy or irrational, we do not understand them. Our indignation at their irrationality is a sign that we need to stretch our compassion.
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Don’t Forget the Fathers: How Pregnancy Centers Champion Family Formation
The young men in our fatherhood programs, even those with rough edges, are eager for meaning and purpose.
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Maxime Bernier says Canada needs to ‘promote motherhood’ to combat low fertility rates
Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), said to combat low fertility rates, Canada must begin to promote “motherhood” from within the population and stop allowing so many immigrants into the nation unchecked.
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Sisters of Life’s podcast calls on Catholics to reject the culture of death, embrace God’s love
So often, we allow social media or popular culture to shape what we believe and how we think about the sanctity of life, and this can be extremely dangerous. In the first episode, the sisters explain the importance of not becoming victims of our thoughts but “directors of them.” Our thoughts shape our lives.
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Pro-Life Optimism Abounds at Women’s Commission
There is a spirit of optimism and momentum among conservative advocates gathered at the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). This optimism has been bolstered by the U.S.’s leadership at the UN this week, both in negotiations and in participation in side events with civil society.
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HHS Tells States Not to Remove Children From Parents Who Affirm Biological Reality
The Trump administration is protecting parental rights and warning states not to remove children from their parents’ custody solely because they do not affirm their child’s self-professed “gender identity.”
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State Legislation Roundup: California, Idaho, Missouri and Pennsylvania
California Bills Would Protect Infants.
Idaho Legislation Would Guard Safety and Privacy in Public Restrooms.
Missouri Legislation Would Permanently Protect Girls and Women’s Sports.
Pennsylvania’s HB 300 Threatens Religious Freedom and Girls Sports .
Trump administration repeals gender, sexuality affirmation rules for foster homes
President Donald Trump’s administration eliminated a federal rule that sought to force foster homes to affirm a child’s same-sex attraction and a child’s self-asserted gender identity when that identity is inconsistent with his or her biological sex.
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I’m One Of 11 Kids. Here’s Why The Internet Doesn’t Realize Big Families Are Great.
Very few people, if any, are telling young women that they must have big families. We do hear constant warnings about how unfathomably hard and expensive children are and how children limit your freedom, your fun, and your time with your spouse. On the flip side, we also hear constant chatter about how women can balance career and family if they truly want to. Are we not allowed to hear about the women, like my mother, who defied the world and raised a clan at home?
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SCOTUS Order on California Law to ‘Keep Secrets From Parents’ a Positive Sign for Parental Rights, Heritage Scholar Says
On Monday, the Supreme Court temporarily prevented the state of California from blocking school policies that would require telling parents if their child is identifying as transgender in the classroom.
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UN Kid’s Book Fair Promotes Polyamory/Surrogacy
UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (C-Fam) A children’s book fair is on display at UN headquarters in New York this week, and several of the books promote gender ideology, normalize polyamory and surrogacy, and instill a sense of panic about climate-related catastrophe.
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