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Let’s revive marriage in America

January 16, 2012

Only 51 percent of American adults are currently married — a record low — down from 72 percent in 1960, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census data. There are three major factors behind these trends. First, the number of never-married Americans has nearly doubled, from 15 percent to 28 percent, from 1960 [...]

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Study Shows Fatherless Boys More Prone to Delinquency

January 16, 2012

MELBOURNE, Australia, December 12, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study carried out by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne has found that adolescent boys who have a father figure in their lives are significantly less likely to engage in subsequent delinquent behavior than are their peers with no [...]

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Newsweek admits the obvious: America is in the grip of sex addiction

January 16, 2012

November 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newsweek magazine, a rather pedestrian organ of American liberal sensibility, has been compelled to admit the obvious: Americans are addicted to sex in large numbers. Surprisingly enough, the magazine even goes so far as to admit that at least some homosexual activity is related to sex addiction. Some hair-raising statistics [...]

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Vatican paper article backs parents over schools as educators in sexual matters

January 16, 2012

VATICAN, December 14, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A ringing endorsement of parents’ “absolute right and Divine duty to educate their children about human sexuality” was presented in the November 23 edition of the weekly Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano. Writer Edmund Adamus, the Director of the Department for Pastoral Affairs of the Diocese of Westminster in London, [...]

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Kids: Healthier, Wealthier, and yet Worse Off

September 16, 2011

Report Highlights Increased Dangers Facing Children By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, SEPT. 11, 2011 (Zenit.org).- A report on the welfare of Australian children, released this week, found that while today’s generation is growing up in a healthier and wealthier society there are a number of serious problems affecting some groups of kids. The report, [...]

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Holy See Reminds UN of Parent’s Right to Teach Sexuality

August 3, 2011

NEW YORK, JULY 28, 2011 (Zenit.org).- U.N. policies on youth should respect parents’ right to educate their children, including in the realm of human sexuality and “reproductive health,” says the Holy See. Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, the permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations, affirmed this today when he addressed the U.N. high-level [...]

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Condoms and Contraceptives: Are They Effective?

July 28, 2011

Contraceptives have been touted as the optimal protection against unintended pregnancies. Some methods of contraception, especially barrier methods such as the male condom, have also been promoted as a protective device against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Unfortunately, because contraceptives (hormonal or barrier) are not 100% effective, they cannot provide absolute protection against either pregnancy or [...]

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Fathers Matter: Dads are Not Optional to Child Well-Being

July 28, 2011

Recent social commentary has heralded men’s supposedly diminished role in American society and families. One piece went so far as to proclaim the “end of men.” But as Mark Twain might say, reports of the death of men have been greatly exaggerated. Read More.

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Teen Brain: Learning Differences in Boys and Girls

July 27, 2011

BOYS GIRLS Are more deductive in their thinking. Are more inductive in their thinking. Begin with general concepts and apply the principle to more specific outcomes. Begin with concrete examples and add more information in order to see the general theory. Work better with abstract concepts. Work better with concrete objects and manipulatives. Produce fewer [...]

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Too Soon for Sex?

July 27, 2011

In their August, 2006 article, “Too Soon for Sex?” the Ladies Home Journal reports on research from the University of Texas at Austin which shows that “Young women who have close bonds with their fathers are only about half as likely to have sex with their boyfriends as girls who have poor rapport with their [...]

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