Category: Marriage/Family
Three Ways to Make the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Do More for Families
For a typical family, the difference between the OBBB and our proposal is almost $500 per child. Most of those benefits flow to working-class and middle-income families. Modest changes to the current legislative language in OBBB could generate large benefits for American families and fix the failure to keep family benefits on par with recent inflation. Our proposed changes would reduce the number of families facing discrimination in the CDCTC from 60-70% to under 10%.
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Working Moms Aren’t ‘Girlbossing.’ We’re Striking a Delicate Balance Between Work and Home
Women’s gifts are necessary for society, and we must make accommodations for that. While it’s true that there’s no substitute for parental care, those of us who choose to work do not simply believe “any warm body will do” when it comes to putting our children in someone else’s care. The WSJ’s portrayal of the delicate work-life balance as “girlbossing” is something of an insult to the majority of mothers, who work at least part-time in some industry.
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The Larger the Family, the Greater the Gift
The problem is global. Twenty-three nations are set to see their populations halve by 2100, according to the BBC. Population collapse could fundamentally reshape societies as they grapple with the impacts on economics, military readiness, healthcare, and culture. Human beings remain the most important resource for any civilization – and we’re on track to run out of them.
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Twin Premature Babies Born at 29 Weeks Defy the Odds
Tiny premature twin babies who were born at only 29 weeks gestation have defied the odds thanks to a life-saving twin cot.
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Utah puts stop to secret data collection of infant DNA, gives control to parents
Utah has become the first state that will put parents in control of their child’s DNA information.
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Necessities Versus Luxuries When Raising a Family
It seems that the pieces, both of which focused on conservative women, spent the vast majority of attention on the mother’s point of view and very little centered on what’s best for their children
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‘God’s not done with America’: Kirk Cameron leads children’s story hour at Library of Congress
WASHINGTON — The significance of holding a children’s story hour event at the Library of Congress is not lost on outspoken Christian actor Kirk Cameron, who has become a conservative face of the rising culture war in the United States.
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Savage beating at Georgia daycare shows why parents can’t trust strangers to care for their kids
The shocking abuse of a one-year-old in Georgia shows how common, hidden, and underreported violence in daycares has become.
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The Missing Voice in the ‘Tradwife’ vs. ‘Have It All’ Debate: The Child’s
Two very different portraits of modern conservative women appeared recently in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. In one, a former “tradwife” influencer, Lauren Southern, recounts a harrowing personal tale of retreating from the online battlefield to the kitchen—only to find herself isolated, demeaned, and financially vulnerable. In the other, high-powered conservative mothers—White House staffers, governors, senators—offer a model of working motherhood so relentlessly busy it leaves little room for lingering over bedtime stories.
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Porn Almost* Ruined My Marriage
When the truth came out, love gave him something porn never could: hope
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Maybe Women Can Have It All—But Can Their Kids?
We should ask, instead, what our kids need and deserve. What is their “all,” and can they have it?
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The Power of Grace-Filled Words in Strengthening a Marriage
The power of words is incredible, and it’s even more amazing how the simple act of using grace-filled words with our spouses can transform not just us but our relationships as well.
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