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By Arthur C. Brooks, Nov. 21, 2015 Courtesy of NY Times TWENTY-FOUR years ago this month, my wife and I married in Barcelona, Spain. Two weeks after our wedding, flush with international idealism, I had the bright idea of sharing a bit of American culture with my Spanish in-laws by cooking a full Thanksgiving dinner. Easier said than done. Turkeys are not common in Barcelona. The local butcher shop had to order the bird from a specialty farm in France, and it came only partially plucked. Our tiny oven was too small for the turkey. No one had ever heard [...]

By Georgia Wells, Oct. 1, 2015 Courtesy of Wall Street Journal When Jeff Cohen was getting ready to meet his OkCupid date for drinks in Manhattan, he started to have second thoughts as he reread the glaring grammatical error in her last message: “I will see you their.” The date flopped for a couple of reasons, but bad grammar bothers Mr. Cohen. Learning a potential mate doesn’t know the difference between “there,” “they’re” and “their” is like discovering she loves cats, he says. Mr. Cohen is allergic to cats. “It’s like learning I’m going to sneeze every time I see her,” [...]

Drawing on his new book, "Gender and Parenthood: Biological and Social Scientific Perspectives" (Columbia, 2013), W. Bradford Wilcox details the ways in which fatherhood is a transformative experience for men, both biologically and socially. He also explains how fathers make a distinctive contribution to their children's lives. Wilcox, the Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, concludes by discussing the ways in which marriage connects men to their children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frLDr9oQtd0

By Janice Shaw Crouse, March 5, 2015 Courtesy of Washington Times Just as relentless, powerful winds and waves pounding against a strong sea wall can over time bring it down, the institution of the family today is beset by a perfect storm of hostile cultural influences and bad policies that threaten to cripple it, even destroy its existence. Some experts, instead of attempting to identify the root of the problem, are spending their time debating “chicken and egg” dilemmas. For instance, currently there is controversy over whether the breakdown of the married-mom-and-dad family is from  economic or social reasons. Is the decline [...]

Two experts in character-based sexuality education, Dr. Thomas Lickona and Dr. Stan Weed, have written an outstanding comparison of a risk avoidance (abstinence) approach with a risk reduction (comprehensive) approach.  For anyone who wishes to understand the history, evidence, premises of each, and which approach is truly effective, DEFINITELY worth reading.  

Miriam Grossman, M.D., child and adolescent psychiatrist www.miriamgrossmanmd.com There’s nothing gray about Fifty Shades of Grey. It’s all black. I help people who are broken inside. I ask questions, and listen carefully to the answers. One thing I've learned is that young people are utterly confused about love—finding it and keeping it. They make poor choices, and end up in lots of pain. I don’t want you to suffer like the people I see in my office, so I'm warning you about a new movie called Fifty Shades of Grey. Even if you don't see the film, its toxic message is seeping into [...]

By Julianne Ross January 29, 2015 Courtesy of MLC.com Susan Sontag famously wrote, "Nothing is mysterious, no human relation, except love." She had a point. Philosophers have argued over the meaning of love for millennia, but a glance at literary history gives us the beginnings of a definition: Love can be a connection to something greater than ourselves, or the thing that shows us who we really are. It is the oldest feeling in the world, yet somehow always feels new. It is patient and kind, yet requires relentless dedicationand hard work. It is at once our most comforting support and the thing that makes us lose our balance. At the very least, [...]

By Jan Hoffman, June 23, 2014 Courtesy of NY Times At 13, they were viewed by classmates with envy, admiration and not a little awe. The girls wore makeup, had boyfriends and went to parties held by older students. The boys boasted about sneaking beers on a Saturday night and swiping condoms from the local convenience store. They were cool. They were good-looking. They were so not you. Whatever happened to them? “The fast-track kids didn’t turn out O.K.,” said Joseph P. Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia. He is the lead author of a new study, published this [...]