Family

> Are children raised outside of intact marriages at increased risk for crime and delinquency? iMAPP's latest policy brief, "Can Married Parents Prevent Crime? Recent Research on Family Structure and Delinquency 2000-2005," looks at empirical research from the United States published in peer-reviewed journals since 2000.

I hadn't visited Andrew Sullivan's blog since late last year, when he soaked my screen with tears following the 2004 anti-gay marriage referendum outcomes. He is a smart guy and good writer, though, even if everything he sees is tainted with his pink-colored glasses. He posted

> Toddlers starting at nursery after being at home since birth experience high levels of stress in the first weeks after separating from their mothers, and are still showing "chronic mild stress" as long as five months after their first day in the new environment, according to a

> The government said Friday it would give cash bonuses to Greek mothers who have more than two babies, in an effort to boost the country's birth rate as the population ages. > According to a draft law to be presented later this year, mothers would receive a

This WaPo article [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082901798.html] talks about the important of the family dinner. I tend to agree with all of it, but I'm one of the biggest offenders against the venerable tradition. How does a person arrange a

. . . the study doesn't show that they cry when poison-filled needles come at them, so abortion is still okay." > A new study has revealed that unborn babies cry within the womb. Ultrasound videos taken of infants within the womb revealed 28-week-old babies crying in response to a