June 2016

14 Jun Do Single-Parent Families Put Children at Risk?

Posted at 12:48h in Child Wellbeing, Family

Let me start with a clarification: This post is neither a criticism of single parents, nor a condemnation of their status as “single.” I know single parents love their children just the same as married parents do, and that many of them make immeasurable sacrifices...

07 Jun Remembering Trayvon Martin: Race and Violence in America

Posted at 09:14h in Child Wellbeing, Poverty, Race, Violence

The death of Trayvon Martin more than four years ago highlighted the highly-dangerous world many young people in the United States must negotiate every day. Often these cases make the headlines, and they are forgotten as new headlines emerge, or they move to the back...