A new national study in this month’s American Sociological Review claims that “Adoptive parents invest more time and financial resources in their children than biological parents.” Indiana University sociologist Brian Powell, one of the study’s three co-authors, explains: One of the reasons adoptive parents invest more is that they really want children, and they go […]
I’m the parent of a young child, which means naps have been a stress-producing topic for me. Will my son nap? Won’t he? When will he? Has he given them up entirely? Now, a new study shows there’s a stress-reducing side to them as well. Adults who take at least three daytime naps a week
There are many reasons for supporting same-sex marriage, but to my mind, they all boil down to three basic arguments. I’ll be highlighting one each day this week (with a break on Wednesday for my Freedom to Marry Blog Carnival. Saturday, I’ll tackle why civil unions and domestic partnerships are not enough, though they may
All parents and caregivers should have a few quick and easy gimmicks up their sleeves to entertain children at a moment’s notice. Here’s a silly paper trick to balance out all the political posts I’ve been doing lately: 1. Fold an index card or similar piece of paper in half lengthwise. 2. Cut through both
It’s the first day of Freedom to Marry Week, and I’m taking the suggestion of Kelly at O for Obsessive and posting something each day about marriage equality. (I’ll also have non-marriage related posts all week so things don’t get too monotonous.) I’ll start with a couple of posts about the Week itself: The folks
Several New Hampshire lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to clarify the state’s policies on adoption by same-sex couples, and explicitly permit it in all 10 counties. Currently, adoption law allows a married couple or an unmarried adult to adopt. It does not specifically permit or deny it to two committed unmarried adults. This means that
The legal recognition of same-sex relationships is only a few years old. Many same-sex couples who wed or have civil unions have been together far longer, married in spirit if not in law. This makes it more likely they already have children when they marry, and their ceremonies become celebrations of the entire family. For
A busy week, both in the U. S. and abroad: House Republicans in Alaska are backing an April advisory vote to ask voters if they would support a constitutional amendment to ban court-ordered benefits for the same-sex partners of public employees. The election would cost $1.2 million, nearly four times the annual cost of benefits
Fifty years ago this March, Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, published The Cat in the Hat. The little volume revolutionized children’s book publishing with its inventive silliness yet kid-appropriate vocabulary. In honor of the event, the National Education Association is sponsoring a nationwide Read-Aloud of The Cat in the Hat on March 2 as
Quote of the day, from New York Representative Gary Ackerman: For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists. They’re very brave with the terrorists, and if the terrorists ever got ahold of this information, they’d get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad. Ackerman
