Parenting

“46% of fathers reported spending “the right amount” of time with their kids. This marks a 10-percentage-point increase from 2017…. 48% of fathers surveyed last October said they spend ‘too little’ time with their kids. That figure is down significantly from 63% in 2017.” - CPost

“A billboard at a prominent Los Angeles intersection states, ‘Your child is learning about gender identity in school. Puberty is not a medical condition.’ It encourages parents to read Abigail Shrier’s recent book, Irreversible Damage: How the Transgender Craze is Seducing Our Daughters.” - WORLD

“…a major trial is taking place in the United Kingdom around that very question: can and should children be allowed to make life-altering decisions based on their feelings about their gender?: - AiG

“In an address of sweeping historical breadth that quoted everyone from T.S. Eliot and Ronald Reagan to Russell Kirk, Secretary DeVos corrected two widespread misconceptions about U.S. education. First, she exposed the dichotomy between government-run education and family empowerment through choice.

“If Barrett’s nomination succeeds, she’ll become the first woman on the Court who’s a mother to school-age children….What myths do we perpetuate by assuming that Barrett (and women like her) are doing it all and doing it all by themselves?” - C.Today

“The other side of parental authority is parental obligation to nurture, provide for, protect, and form the child under one’s care.” - Public Discourse

“As a pastor, I often frame things in biblical or theological terms. I believe in something called ‘deceitful heart syndrome’ (I get the name from Jeremiah 17:9). The idea is that our own hearts (or minds) deceive us, often because of pride.” - Kokomo Tribune

“When doubts or questions arise, parents should take advantage of these teachable moments by unpacking the hope-giving truths of the gospel. Even if the child is genuinely a believer, it certainly won’t hurt them to hear the promises of the gospel afresh.” - Rooted Thinking

Parents propose a new way to educate their children in the fall: School pods

“…the difficulty of discovering some truths ought not blind us to the preponderance of evidence. Anecdotally—which is the first step of empiricism, and was the only step available before the scientific revolution—marijuana produces potheads, dropouts, deadbeats. Empirically, Berenson shows that in many people marijuana does something worse.” - Mark Ward