Author: unitedfamilies

The Anxious Generation Has the Worst of Both Worlds

In a blockbuster Atlantic piece, “The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood,” my Let Grow co-founder Jonathan Haidt says our culture is getting it all wrong when it comes to kids: We “underprotect” them in the virtual world and overprotect them in the real one.
That’s the worst of both worlds if we want to raise healthy, happy kids.

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Woke Canadian media attacks small Alberta town for ‘neutrality’ on LGBT flags

Regardless of the story, the media and the LGBT movement would like you to believe two things: First, that every story is actually about the LGBT movement, no matter what; and two, that anyone who declines to actively endorse an ever-growing agenda which includes the elimination of boundaries around sexual behavior, relationships, and the two sexes is a bigot. Once you understand this framing narrative, you can begin to interpret and understand the way the media covers even small, local stories.

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Inconclusive: The Research on Surrogacy’s Impact on Children

There is a huge difference between no harm and no known harm. Regardless of one’s stance on surrogacy, we should be able to agree that we need more data and reporting requirements to enable researchers to assess the impact of surrogacy contracts on the well-being of children. In my view, a single six-part longitudinal study does not justify this practice.

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Harvard Law Journal Article Concludes Unborn Babies Have Constitutional Rights

An article recently published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy has been submitted as a supplemental authority to the Florida Supreme Court in response to the recent oral argument on whether a proposed amendment that would codify unrestricted abortion as a right in the state constitution should be put on Florida’s November 2024 ballot.

During the oral argument on February 7, Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz noted that Article I, Section 2 of the Florida Constitution protects the rights of a “natural person,” and he asked if the ballot summary should apprise voters of how the proposed abortion amendment could impact this section if “natural person” also included the unborn.

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