Author: unitedfamilies

Making Smartphones and App Stores Safe for Kids: Federal, State, and Industry Measures

Nov 20, 2023 |

In a new policy brief from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) and the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), we present the current harms to children caused and facilitated by smartphones (and tablets) and the app stores they host, driven by Big Tech companies’ financial incentives that misalign with the welfare of kids. The device-and-app-store industry has been virtually unregulated, especially for child safety. The brief offers several possible solutions for lawmakers and industry leaders to implement, which ensure devices and their app stores are safer for children and bring much-needed accountability.

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Marriage and Fatherhood: The Path to Success

Nov 20, 2023 |

If you want to invest in your greatest source of happiness and fulfillment, get married and have children. Do not cohabitate, and do not delay marriage. While you do not know when it will happen, you can pursue and prepare for marriage and fatherhood. Here are some steps you can take to prepare for marriage and fatherhood while you proactively seek to get married and start a family.

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The medical profession needs to reflect on the crimes of Nazi doctors, says The Lancet

Nov 20, 2023 |

Medical ethics education must be informed by a robust understanding of medicine’s role within the Nazi regime, according to a new report from The Lancet Commission on medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust: historical evidence, implications for today, teaching for tomorrow. This is the first Lancet Commission focused on the history of medicine. Through examples of discriminatory and inhumane medical policies and practices under the Nazi regime, the authors aim to inform approaches to contemporary issues in medicine and underscore the importance of centring human rights and dignity in medical professionals’ conduct, including a willingness to stand up to wrongdoing whenever and wherever necessary.

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