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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Learning to Lie

New York Times Magazine When a 3-year-old fibs, parents typically assume the child is too young to understand that lying is wrong...

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Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives

The Urban Institute This report examines the results of five programs initiated from the 1990s through 2000 to help low-income noncustodial fathers...

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Survey Finds Most College Freshmen Satisfied with Close Parental Involvement

Cooperative Institutional Research Program/UCLA The majority of college freshmen answering this survey reported that they had experienced the “right amount” of parental...

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Family Values at Work

MultiState Working Families Consortium This report argues for a change in government standards to better promote a family-friendly work environment, particularly in...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen Birth Rate Rises

The birth rate among American teens (ages 15 to 19) rose 3 percent between 2005 and 2006 – the first increase since...

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The Parenting Imperative: Investing in Parents So Children and Youth Succeed

The National Human Services Assembly Despite the fact that parents are one of the most important factors in positive child and youth...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Center for Child Well-being

http://www.childwellbeing.org Basic parenting tips and detailed answers to common questions are just two of the resources this site offers to adults raising...

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Maternal Work Hours and Adolescents’ School Outcomes Among Low-Income Families in Four Urban Counties

National Poverty Center Using data from interviews with 1,700 single mothers of adolescents who went from welfare to full-time work, researchers found...

Guest Opinion Essay

Helping Parents Help Their Kids

The other day I saw yet another study about the important role that parents play in the lives of their children. Parents...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

My Father’s Dream or Mine

New Youth Connections, New York “You want to be a what?” My dad looked at me like I had four eyes. “An...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Teaching Kids to Raise Their Kids

For years, the good news about teen pregnancy has been that it’s going down. The national teen birth rate fell from 61.8...

News

The Meth Epidemic: Hype vs. Reality

To even the most casual observer, the news media this summer gave the impression that a methamphetamine epidemic has created a child...

News

Report Roundup of September 2005

Education The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Transitions and the Role of Supportive Relationships, 2005MetLife This year’s annual survey focuses on...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Community Family Club Program

Kansas City, Mo.(816) 756-1950 www.campfireusa.org Objective: To provide fun, enriching small-group experiences for youth with their families. In a Nutshell: Camp...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for March 2004

Activism Making Children A National Priority: A Framework for Community Action, by Linda Morgan and Teri Martin, provides youth workers with a...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

News Briefs for February 2004

Guardians Must Visit Kids In what may be the first requirement of its kind in the nation, the Michigan Supreme Court has...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for December 2003 – January 2004

Addiction Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions, by A. Thomas Horvath, is a guide to acknowledging addictions large...

Research