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Don’t help kids with their homework and other insights from a ground-breaking study of how parents impact children’s academic achievement was reported in Atlantic magazine. One of the central tenets of raising kids in America is that parents should be actively involved in their children’s education: meeting with teachers, volunteering at school, helping with homework, and...

Women who become pregnant in Maryland as a result of sexual assault can now sue to terminate the parental rights of their attackers, under a law approved this month in the legislature after nine failed attempts. “This is an important day for the state of Maryland,” said Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who signed the emergency bill...

Maggie Jones wrote a fascinating in depth particle for the New York Times Sunday Magazine – she writes that American adolescents watch much more pornography than their parents know — and it’s shaping their ideas about pleasure, power and intimacy. She asks “Can they be taught to see it more critically?” CLICK HERE to...