Look closer at the graph: moms in 4-child families spend relatively more time with their 2nd and 3rd children than moms in smaller families. That suggests selection/composition effects matter. The kinds of parents who choose larger families may also structure their lives around spending more time with children. Parents can choose family arrangements that allow for investing more in multiple children.
Parenting is hard etc but I’m sorry if you’re allowing your toddler 2-3 hours of screen time per day you actually are failing them and you’re failing as a parent. This past week I saw at least a dozen toddlers running around with devices, some with phones clipped to their strollers(!). Your toddler has only been in the world for a short time. It’s still very interesting to them if you let them look up at it.
Liberal Teens' Expectations of Marriage Dropping Precipitously
Since 2010, expectations of marriage have dropped a staggering 16 percentage points among liberal teens, according to the Monitoring the Future Study, but not conservative teens.
@grantjbailey and I attribute this to the ways in which left-leaning social media push "anti-nuptial ideas", such that the "digital revolution is clearly eroding interest and expectations of marriage at a rapid clip among liberal teens."
Patrick Wilson, Virginia resident, believes Indiana State Senator Liz Brown’s Catholic positions on IVF and surrogacy should be “disqualifying.”
This is egalitarian slop born of an anti-Catholic instinct and rooted in a twisted view of personhood.
Children aren’t commercial products to which adults are entitled. They are gifts to be received, not objects to be purchased for a price. Neither is the female womb, touched as it is by Christ himself, a space for rent. “Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” Our Lord flipped tables over less.
This grotesque commodification of the human person and the replacement of sexual intimacy with science as the source of life is an assault on God’s divine Trinitarian image reflected in the natural family: father, mother, and child. The prevalence of homosexual surrogacy only adds mockery to the mix.
Hymn Club is our newest Wittenberg Academy scholar club and today it hosted a Hymn Writer Spotlight Series lecture. Lutheran journalist Mollie Hemingway interviewed Lutheran hymnwriter Rev. Stephen P. Starke. It was a treasure for these Lutherans to spend time with our scholars discussing our beautiful Lutheran hymnody. 🎼
Thank you @MZHemingway and Pr. Starke!
The Wittenberg Academy auction closes tomorrow at 7 pm. Don’t miss out! There are some amazing Lutheran gifts, autographed books, virtual lessons and more! https://t.co/dLr6NiE6hl
We're hosting our first-ever auction to support classical Lutheran education and prepare our scholars for life in this world and the next. We are currently accepting sponsorships and item donations to add to our online auction catalog. Become a sponsor or donate today: https://t.co/PfGomTFxKH
PSA: If you hit play on “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins at 11:56:20PM this New Year’s Eve, the drum fill will welcome you into 2026. Start the year the right way.
📸 Terry O’Neill