Category: Marriage/Family

Most under age 50 who are childless say it is by choice, while those who are older often say it just happened that way

Two years ago, flight attendant Diana Giraldo shared that she had assisted a mother during her unexpected labor on an overnight flight from Denver to Orlando. Now that mother is speaking out for the first time in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.

Come mid-July, even enthusiastic and committed parents can struggle to find constructive things to do with their children on vacation from school—especially activities that do not involve screens. This is, of course, part of a larger challenge of so many forces that are pulling us away from really being together at home. Often a good approach is turning to the ordinary, the tried and true activities that perhaps we’ve gotten away from.

Rx Kids is the first-ever citywide cash prescription program for pregnant moms and babies. Rx Kids provides all pregnant moms in the city of Flint with no-strings-attached cash of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month throughout a baby’s first year.

Fatherlessness has a profound negative impact on children throughout the course of their lives. This fact has been well documented in the social sciences for decades.

But what is not widely known and understood is that fatherlessness also impacts important microscopic intricacies in the human body. Consider telomere health.

A recent survey from Bank of America found that nearly half (46%) of adult members of Gen Z are relying on financial help from their parents and family members to get by. Unfortunately, the more you grow up, the more that money needs to be spent on practical things like housing, gas, and other bills, while — without the proper lessons learned early in life — it can be easy for things like giving, saving, and buying fun things to fall to the wayside under financial worry.