Not to mention the A.D.H.D., the obesity, the lack of creative thought factors.
by Carolyn Moynihan
Art imitates life and research imitates common sense, it seems. A new study has found that the more young people watch television, the poorer their relationships with both their friends and parents. Read more…
Ruth Institute Staff post
We were all transfixed this afternoon as Tiger Woods took the international podium to follow in the footsteps of countless other men in the public eye who got caught 
inflagrante delicto by offering his heartfelt apologies both to us and his (absent) wife.
So….what? Do we believe him? Do we not? Does it matter? Was he actually contrite about what he did or just for getting caught?
This man is arguably the most visible athlete in the civilized world; his trail cuts and leaves a wide swath in our society, and hence in the minds of our children.
Should Tiger be held to a higher standard? What do you think, Ruth supporters and blog readers?
We put up a short poll about this to the right of this page, but we want to know how you feel beyond the numbers. Weigh in here and tell us what you think the ramifications of this marriage scandal are, or will be?
Such a nice article. I did see the Superbowl, as I’m sure many of you did too. The very end when winning quarterback Drew Brees held up his son was truly the highlight. Seeing a picture of it even now brings tears to my eyes. This article is a great perspective on the significance of that moment.
The poster says, “Life. Better than lifting the Lombardi.”
by Kathryn Jean Lopez
This Super Bowl MVP would rather hold his son than the Lombardi Trophy.
‘Don’t you live for that moment right there?” Read more…
Maggie Gallagher reacts to the new study purporting to show that the gender of parents doesn’t matter to the well-being of children.
Back in the 1990s, when I went into the public square and said, “Marriage really matters because children need a mom and a dad,” I wasn’t permitted to rest my case on vague generalities — I was required to produce data. Mounds of data, in fact. We have no scientific evidence at all, that I know of, that children raised by same-sex couples benefit if their unions are legally considered marriages. Read more…
Now there’s a headline I never expected to see in main stream media. I know this is hottly debated, but I’ll say one thing on the matter: I remember being spanked–once, and that’s all it took. And I must say also that I turned out just fine, thank you very much.
Foxnews.com
Young children spanked by their parents may grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit, a study has found.
According to the research, children spanked up to the age of 6 were likely as teenagers to perform better at school and were more likely to carry out volunteer work and to want to go to college than their peers who had never been physically disciplined.
But children who continued to be spanked into adolescence showed clear behavioral problems.
From this article we learn that there are even more problems with invitro fertilization and surrogacy than are common knowledge. Problems arise when playing God? Shocker!
Jared Yee, BioEdge.org
Different regulatory approaches to surrogacy in the US can result in legal tangles, according to a report in The New York Times Magazine. The “lax atmosphere” of surrogacy regulation “means that it is now essentially possible to order up a baby, creating an emerging commercial market for surrogate babies that raises vexing ethical questions.”
The Times gives three disturbing examples.
Continue reading: http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8791/
Wow. Some stats on teens lying and stealing and why they do it. Pretty revealing and sad stuff. Parents, beware!
Mark Gregston
…it’s a fact that teenagers today seem to be crossing their fingers behind their back more and more. They are cheating and stealing more, too. The latest “Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth” by the Josephson Institute of Ethics shows teens are lying more often and more easily than ever. The report indicates an increase in lying, cheating, and stealing among youth since 2006, when the report was first published.
Forty-two percent of those surveyed said they lied recently for financial gain. Sixty-four percent said they cheated on a test during the past year, and 38 percent had cheated more than once. Eighty-three percent said they had recently lied to their parents about something significant. Read more…
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