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WHAT IS PRONATALISM? Pronatalism is the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate. Many who push pronatalism fear that falling birth rates in certain developed countries, like the...
by populationmediacenter
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on Wed Mar 13, 2024 at 07:12 AM PDT
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SHARE THIS SUBSCRIBE In the realm of sexual and reproductive health, birth control and contraception stand as powerful tools that have fundamentally reshaped women’s lives. The advent of oral contraceptives and other family planning methods has granted...
by populationmediacenter
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on Mon Mar 11, 2024 at 11:25 AM PDT
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The holidays, a time where families and friends can get together to talk, to laugh — or get into screaming arguments.
There are plenty of reasons togetherness can turn into tension — maybe that ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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One of the weirdest pseudoscientific beliefs of the Victorian era to have persisted to the present is that, as G. Stanley Hall, the first president of the American Psychological Association, said, “
by Laura Clawson
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on Sun Nov 12, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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According to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report , in 2022, the United States experienced more than a 30% spike in food insecurity among Americans and ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 11:00 AM PDT
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Briefly, from J IMENA * email: Resources on how to talk with children during times of crisis �
by mettle fatigue
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on Mon Oct 09, 2023 at 04:05 PM PDT
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by strawbale
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on Mon Sep 25, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, authors of the children’s picture book And Tango Makes Three (Simon & Schuster, 2005) are suing Florida’s Lake County school district and Florida’s Board of Education because of their efforts to have the book...
by Alan Singer
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on Mon Jun 26, 2023 at 03:20 AM PDT
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I came across this disturbing story today. According to this report, 3 teens, including a 13 yo and 14 yo, decided to go looking for a “target of opportunity” when they saw an unknown man walking on the sidewalk. They exited the cart they were driving...
by JennaT
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on Mon May 15, 2023 at 02:39 PM PDT
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We have families we are born into,
by strawbale
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on Mon May 15, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Debate around the debt ceiling is bizarrely focused on making it harder for hungry Americans to access the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). America is not having trouble balancing the books because people in poverty are eating too...
by JGoldblum
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on Fri Apr 28, 2023 at 09:30 AM PDT
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let mommy show you how to do ...
by strawbale
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on Thu Apr 27, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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I’ve been thinking a lot this week about “equal justice under the law,” one of our supposed American values. The indictment and arrest of $Rump seems like the least that needs to be done. Not only do we have an excessive-punishment problem for women,...
by elenacarlena
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on Sat Apr 08, 2023 at 06:04 PM PDT
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LTE from the Towanda, Pa., Daily Review: I am woke. I believe that children in this country should learn all of America’s history, the good and the bad — and no, that won’t cause them to “hate America.” I believe that young people deserve an...
by Dale Adams
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on Mon Mar 13, 2023 at 07:27 AM PDT
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Is this when males’ first experiences of rewarded misogyny begin, up to and including violence? Is this how they first learn there’s advantage and profit in abusing and controlling others? Worth keeping in mind with the following more general source...
by mettle fatigue
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on Wed Mar 01, 2023 at 05:14 PM PST
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This is one of the angriest rants Beau of the Fifth Column has ever done, pointing out that JUST on midterm ads, $50 million was spent nationwide vilifying trans kids and their families! Yet there are only about 4,200 kids per year NATIONWIDE who begin...
by mikemonett
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on Fri Nov 18, 2022 at 09:48 PM PST
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This week many of us will get together with our families.
by strawbale
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on Tue Nov 22, 2022 at 07:00 PM PST
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Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds from Iowa has always been something of a monster. Her mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic is rivaled only by the rest of her political party. In 2021 Reynolds sent back federal tax dollars earmarked for Iowa schools to...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Nov 16, 2022 at 12:21 PM PST
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Good morning, all! Still in the middle of the big move here, and still waiting on the container ship to arrive with our stuff. So in case anyone else is sitting around with nothing but a screen and ...
by USExpat
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on Wed Nov 09, 2022 at 05:00 AM PST
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Amid increasing awareness of how poorly migrants are treated in the United States, newly released data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sheds light on how children are impacted. According to internal federal figures obtained by...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Fri Oct 14, 2022 at 01:24 PM PDT
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