Tag: families & children
VIDEO: Penn State's football program dealt severe penalties for Jerry Sandusky scandal
The NCAA announced Monday morning that it would be levying its own punishments against Penn State University and its football program for its failure to act to stop former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children....
Signs of resilience sprout from Haiti's rubble, two years after earthquake
Haiti was ravaged by an earthquake two years ago. In that time, much hasn't been done. Much destruction still remains. But, in some places, hope springs eternal. And on one soccer pitch, it's actually taken root....
In new book, author Joel Stein defines his quest for masculinity
Joel Stein found out he would be having a son and, in a moment of existential crisis, decided he wasn't man enough for it. So he set out to fix it in a series of manly field trips that form the basis of his new book, Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity....
Want to live a long, healthy life? How old is your grandfather?
New research out of the Philippines reveals that men who have children at an older age pass along longer telomeres -- special protectors on human chromosomes -- which are believed to lead to longer, healthier lives. And those longer telomeres survive across generations....
Tobacco industry linked to proliferation of flame retardants in American homes
The debate over fire retardant chemicals has flared up again, prompted by a new investigative series in the Chicago Tribune. Reporters traced a decades-long campaign created by tobacco lobbyists to distract attention from the fire hazard caused by smoking....
New study suggests children born via C-section twice as likely to become obese
A new study from a program at the Harvard Medical School reveals that children born via C-section may be twice as likely to become obese by age three than those born via vaginal delivery. However, more research is needed to determine whether there is a causal relationship, or something else causing the correlation....
On National Missing Children's Day, a breakthrough in Etan Patz abduction case
Etan Patz was abducted 33 years ago, a day that will ever-more be marked as National Missing Children's Day. But this year, the New York Police announced what could be a breakthrough in that unsolved, cold case. They had arrested a suspect, and he had confessed....
In India, even online dating takes into account caste status
For many residents of India, caste is an important factor in daily life. It's so pervasive that when selecting a mate, even using an online dating website, many people wouldn't imagine considering someone from a different caste....
Schools trying to get parents up-to-speed on social hosting laws
Under laws in about 28 states, parents who provide alcohol to their children in their own homes can be prosecuted. The new laws are putting in parents in prison and one high school in Massachusetts is trying to educate parents about the laws as a way to curtail the practice....
In South Korea, activists try to support single mothers
While Americans were celebrating their mothers and grandmothers and other important women this weekend, South Koreans were celebrating single mothers. It's a big deal in a country where single mothers are encouraged to abort their babies or put them up for adoption, for fear of shaming their families....
