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ifeminists July 27, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
The Guise of Protecting Children The children's author Philip Pullman [author of "The Golden Compass"] has said that he will give up talks in schools rather than submit to 'insulting' criminal records vetting under the UK's new Independent Safeguarding Authority.  |
ifeminists July 23, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Do not volunteer to work with children In order to do a kind and charitable deed -- you must submit to the indignity of proving you are not a pedophile.  |
The Family Room Johann Christoph Arnold |
In Praise of Black Sheep There's a black sheep in every flock, and there are few of us who don't know one, or didn't know one as a child. But no matter how natural the phenomenon, being a misfit is never easy...  |
ifeminists March 2, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
The True Cost of False Witness False or frivolous charges of child abuse play havoc with the family court system, and in the lives of many innocent people. At the very least, society needs to impose some penalty for inflicting those kinds of costs on others.  |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Debt and Kids These Days ... Tread carefully when considering whether to offer financial help to an adult child.  |
ifeminists April 21, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Replace "Best Interest of the Child" with "Protect and Support the Child's Family" Author cites critical flaws in family legal policy, and a need to move to a more "whole family" approach.  |
ifeminists August 19, 2003 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Parents or Prisons For some people, prisons are a substitute for parents. This apparent overstatement is shorthand for two more precise points.  |
American Family Physician January 15, 2002 |
Curbside Consultation What should a physician do if he/she suspects child abuse?  |
Chemistry World February 9, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Foreign Postgrad Vetting Proposals 'Absolutely Unnecessary' A controversial new scheme for vetting foreign postgraduate students wishing to study in the UK has been slammed as 'absolutely unnecessary, completely over-the-top and counter-productive' by a leading member of parliament.  |
ifeminists October 18, 2006 Todd Andrew Barnett |
It's Time to Abolish the Public Schools, Part 1 With all the problems associated with the public "government" schools, isn't it time to pull the plug on them and put an end to the pervasive evil that is the bedrock of the public "government" school monopoly?  |
Information Today August 11, 2008 George H. Pike |
CriminalSearches.com Offers Free Access to Criminal Records It recently has become much easier to find out whether your daughter's boyfriend or your new neighbor has a criminal record.  |
Salon.com September 6, 2000 Theresa Heim |
Cramming for kindergarten I tutor 3-year-olds to crush the competition.  |