Category: Home & Family

Girls who play in dirt grow up healthier according to researcher

Girls who play in dirt grow up healthier according to researcher

Playing house, collecting Barbie dolls, and wearing dresses are common acts of raising a young girl in our society. But according to a recent study, it could be detrimental to their health.

May 17, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Minnesota moms threatened with criminal charges for distributing fresh food from local farms

Minnesota moms threatened with criminal charges for distributing fresh food from local farms

The Minnesota government is taking its cue from California and declaring war on fresh milk, threatening to throw moms in jail for providing fresh food to infants and families

May 10, 2012 | 1 Comment More
Fetal Cells Cross Placenta, Stay With Pregnant Mom for Life

Fetal Cells Cross Placenta, Stay With Pregnant Mom for Life

“You will always be a part of me,” might be a mother’s teary farewell when her child goes off to college, but research is showing it’s quite literally true.

December 14, 2011 | 1 Comment More
Large families ‘protect’ mother’s health

Large families ‘protect’ mother’s health

Despite the stresses involved with having a large family, a study has

found, that four or more children might be good for women.

December 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
5,000 child molesters: the US scout movement’s guilty secret

5,000 child molesters: the US scout movement’s guilty secret

Organisation tries to prevent publication of documents which reveal cover-up of cases

November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments More
The family-centered economy

The family-centered economy

by Allen Carlson

One of the lives claimed in the Gulag of the 1930’s was that of Alexander Chayanov. An agricultural economist of unusual insight, Chayanov did most of his work here in Moscow and was well on his way …

September 8, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Video – Don’t Drug my Child or I’ll Shoot!

Video – Don’t Drug my Child or I’ll Shoot!

Detroit mother Maryanne Godbaldo is cleared of criminal charges related to her effort to prevent Child Services from physically taking her child

September 3, 2011 | 0 Comments More
30 Signs That America Has Become A Horrible Place For Children

30 Signs That America Has Become A Horrible Place For Children

What in the world has happened to the United States? Once upon a time the U.S. was one of the best places in the world to raise a child, but today it is an absolutely horrible place for children.

September 3, 2011 | 1 Comment More
Judge’s Order Seeking Homeschooler Identities Overruled

Judge’s Order Seeking Homeschooler Identities Overruled

The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled against and vacated the order by Judge Walker

May 1, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Arsenic and toxic metals found in baby foods

Arsenic and toxic metals found in baby foods

Baby foods used to wean infants off milk have been found to contain “alarming” levels of toxic contaminants including arsenic, lead and cadmium.

April 10, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Dogs overtaking cats as Britain’s favourite pet

Dogs overtaking cats as Britain’s favourite pet

New figures show the number of dogs is at all-time high and is on course to end feline supremacy

April 3, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Over Two Million Children Are Now Homeschooled

Over Two Million Children Are Now Homeschooled

In a new study released today the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) estimates there were over 2 million children being homeschooled in the United States in 2010.

January 8, 2011 | 0 Comments More
It’s Official, Watching TV is Bad for Your Baby’s Brain

It’s Official, Watching TV is Bad for Your Baby’s Brain

Parents have been saying it since the television set was invented, “if you watch that thing all day, it’s going to turn your brain into mush.” Well, according to a new study, television actually will turn your brain into mush

December 10, 2010 | 0 Comments More