Entrusted to Teach: Classical Education Around the World
Some families live under the impossible burden — or perhaps the neglectful default — of allowing children to choose for themselves. This practice extends to the foods they will eat, the manner in which they will spend leisure time, and what they will believe to be true.
Cheryl SwopeMommy Bloggers to Insta Influencers: American Motherhood on the Internet
Heather Armstrong began blogging in 2001, when she was a 25-year-old graduate in English with a new job at a start-up in L.A.1 (Her name was then Heather Hamilton.) Unlike most blogs of the early 2000s, which were intended as updates for far-away friends...
Nicole M. KingAn Effective Tool for Contemporary Problems: Forming Our Children for Married Happiness
As has been so tellingly documented in The Natural Family, marriage, married happiness, large families, and the culture of the natural family have been under successful attack for 70 years. In three generations the effects of this relentless destruction...
Christine de Marcellus VollmeriFamNews
Case against street preachers arrested in Glastonbury for Bible preaching dropped by Crown Prosecution Service
March 13, 2024
A case against two street preachers, John Dunn and Shaun O’Sullivan, who were arrested for refusing to stop preaching from the Bible on Glastonbury High Street, has been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Irish Voters reject constitutional changes to redefine “Marriage” and “Woman”
March 12, 2024
In a significant pushback against proposed constitutional changes, a majority of Irish voters have opposed the government’s bid to redefine the terms “marriage” and “woman” in a double referendum.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin dooms his career by signing same-sex marriage bill
March 12, 2024
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who campaigned as a born-again Christian, has sparked surprise and controversy with the signing of a same-sex marriage bill that is a treacherous contradiction of conservative values.
Pope Francis encourages support for women to accept and nurture life
March 12, 2024
Pope Francis, in his reflection on Sunday’s Gospel, underscored Jesus’ capacity to fully know everyone’s innermost thoughts, highlighting that, despite this, Jesus does not condemn. His comments came during a discourse on the role of governments and organizations in supporting women’s ability to accept and nurture life.
Book Reviews
Durable Trades, Durable FamiliesThe 1920 Nobel Prize for Literature went to Norwegian author Knut Hamsun for his novel Growth of the Soil. It is the story of Isak, who builds a farm and a life for himself out of a tract of wilderness and little else. Isak is one durable tradesman. He makes his beginning as a shepherd and then spends a few pages meandering through farming, gardening, woodworking, and carpentry...
A Critique of Western EducationThe Western model of schooling has few greater foes than Joel Spring. An emeritus professor at both Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Spring defines this model as the con¬ventional K-12 “educational ladder that students climb” from primary school to graduation from high school. This approach, he says, has swept around the globe, leaving in its wake...
Order of the TIrreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier
Twisting the KnifeThe Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion by Diana Greene Foster
New Research
SPECIAL REPORT: A Plea for Honest Social Research: The Work of Walter R. SchummIn this age of cancel culture and woke gender ideology—both of which go a step or two further than mere “political correctness”—it is rare to find a scholar willing to challenge the status quo of LGBTQ research. Those who do are either castigated (by the media, other researchers, or their employers) or simply ignored.
NEW RESEARCHMany researchers and commentators alike have noted in recent years that sexual activity is declining in American young people, particularly teens and young adults. For many, this is a good thing, as it likely also results in reduced sexual infection and teen pregnancy rates. But some are concerned, as they believe it signals the loss of an important source of intimacy and connection.
New ResearchIn many countries around the world, the meaning of marriage has changed dramatically over the past decades. From being an important and even crucial component of a successful life, marriage is increasingly seen as one option among many. Nowhere is this more true than in Nordic countries like Sweden, in which most couples experience long cohabitation periods before marriage, and many forego it altogether. Nonetheless, important distinctions remain, and researchers from the University of Stockholm seek to better understand the relationship between couples’ intentions to marry, and whether those intentions become reality.