Singapore offers families financial support as birth rate hits record low

Singapore is dramatically expanding financial support for families, offering the equivalent of around £40,000 (S$70,000) for every child as the country confronts a record-low birth rate. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the measures as part of what he described as a “fundamental shift” in how the government supports parents and children. The assistance will be provided from birth through age 17 rather than as a single payment.

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Buried NIH Trans Report Did DEI Search for ‘Youth of Color’ and Males for Study

Researchers examining the effects of puberty blockers and transgender hormones for ages 8 through 20 set a goal of enrolling “additional youth of color” and more “assigned male at birth” participants for a taxpayer-funded study. This is because the participants getting these treatments skewed overwhelmingly white, as well as toward a majority of young females who wanted to be males, according to the findings.

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Weirdly, Lindsay Clancy Feminists Stop Pretending They’re Just Like Men

If you’ve had the misfortune to be on the internet in the past month, you’ve probably seen the videos of young mothers sympathizing with Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman who is on trial for murder after strangling her three young children. The gist, usually, is that these women are so tormented by the challenges of raising their own children that they look at Clancy and think, Hey, that could be me!

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Nearly Half of Teens Exposed to AI-Generated Sexual Content

Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, learn, communicate, and create. It’s also changing pornography. Creating a convincing fake nude image of another person once required sophisticated software and technical expertise. Today, AI tools can generate or manipulate sexualized images in minutes, and the person depicted doesn’t need to participate, pose for an explicit photo, or even know the image exists.

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How the Other Half Homeschools

Earlier this summer, while reading Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream by historian Dixie Dillon Lane, I wrote the following note in the margins: “Will opposition to homeschooling become a luxury belief domiciled among elites?” At the time, the note was just a hasty thought scribbled down with no particular examples of elite opposition sticking out in my mind. Then, on July 14, I’ve Had It podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan handed me such an example on a silver platter.

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Five Relationship Myths That Refuse to Go Away

For The Gottman Institute’s 30th anniversary, we’re exploring five relationship myths that just won’t quit, and what the research actually says. After 50 years of relationship research, we know more than ever about what makes love last. Yet some relationship myths refuse to disappear. You’ve probably heard a few of these myths before. Your parents might have shared them as advice, you may have encountered one during a well-meaning conversation with friends, and movies and media are notorious for perpetuating the most cliché relationship myths.

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Two 14-year-old girls die after coerced illegal abortions in India

Two 14-year-old girls in northern India have died following separate illegal abortions they were reportedly pressured or forced to undergo, with police now investigating family members, medical providers, and others involved. In the first case, a 14-year-old student in Kishtwar reportedly became pregnant after being repeatedly raped by her 42-year-old school headmaster. Authorities allege the headmaster attempted to conceal the abuse by offering money to the girl’s family.

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