Penna Dexter The loudest female voices regarding the allegations against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh were those denouncing senators’ support for him and demanding it be “justified” with more investigation. Less reported were the numerous women who called Senate offices in support of Kavanaugh and who were critical of what they saw as a political lynching that unfairly destroyed the…
Read NowPenna Dexter This past summer, the American Library Association renamed its Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. The prize is now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award. The ALA says Wilder’s body of work, is inconsistent with its “core values of inclusiveness, integrity and respect, and responsiveness.” At issue are three instances in which characters in Wilder’s beloved Little House on the…
Read NowPenna Dexter New research reveals that the politically correct way we’re responding to teens who come out as transgender — affirming that decision and “treating” them with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones — is not helping them. In fact it’s increasing their suffering and is dangerous. Even faced with this evidence, the Left won’t see it that way. The new…
Read NowPenna Dexter Family leave that allows mothers to take time off work when a baby is born is a time-honored policy in America. More recently, Dads have been receiving leave too. But traditionally, it’s either unpaid or paid by a person’s employer as a benefit. Some companies offer very generous paid family leave. Sometimes employees save up vacation or other…
Read NowPenna Dexter A Brown University researcher has published a study that attempts to answer the question: ‘Why are so many teenage girls showing up at gender clinics?’ There are signs a sort of social contagion may be at work. Lisa Littman, an OB-GYN and behavior and social sciences professor at Brown University, authored the study. She facilitated detailed questioning of…
Read NowPenna Dexter Healthy retirement planning is about more than just saving and investing well. It also involves seeing that your children acquire some skills in handling money. It’s important to define and communicate boundaries regarding how much you’ll help them so they don’t become a financial drain on your nest egg. “Some parents are reluctant to think about letting go,”…
Read NowPenna Dexter Chelsea Clinton gives legal abortion credit for boosting the American economy. Speaking at a Planned Parenthood-sponsored rally opposing the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, she attempted to help her audience of abortion activists add financial persuasion to their arsenal of arguments for abortion rights. Ms. Clinton stated, “American women entering the labor force from…
Read NowPenna Dexter Two recent news stories converge to demonstrate how a fully functioning, vibrant economy depends upon a culture of life. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that job openings in the US climbed to 6.7 million in the three months ended in June, the highest level since 2001. The number of unfilled jobs is growing in nearly every industry. The Journal explains…
Read NowPenna Dexter US citizens are having fewer babies these days. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of babies born last year in the US was down 2 percent from the previous year and has hit a 30-year low. The US birth rate dropped to…
Read NowPenna Dexter The birth rate in the US has hit an all-time low. Replacement-level fertility requires an average of 2.1 children per woman. Ours is roughly 1.76. Fewer women are having children. And the ones who do are having fewer of them. A Pew Research survey done in June reveals that Americans like the idea of larger families. According to…
Read NowPenna Dexter If you are a middle child — or a parent of one of more middles — you are becoming increasingly rare. Every child born after the first and before the last is technically a middle. In an article in New York Magazine, culture editor Adam Sterrnbergh makes the startling revelation that the American Middle Child is now an endangered…
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