A longitudinal study published in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect presents compelling evidence that spanking is detrimental to children's social development. Children who were exposed to spanking had higher externalizing behavior, lower self-control, and lower interpersonal skills compared to children who had never been spanked. read more
Abby Zwerner, the teacher who was allegedly shot by a 6-year-old at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, warned school administrators the day of the shooting that the child had a gun, according to her lawyer. read more
Microsoft has announced changes to its Xbox console settings that is to allow users to save more energy and reduce the carbon impact of their gaming. But this has been read (or misread) by Republican representatives and organizations as the "woke brigade" wanting to "take your Xbox." read more
Under House Study Bill 1 or the "Students First Act," students in private school will receive $7,598, the average cost the state spends on a public school student, per year for any family in the state to cover private school expenses. Under the law, public schools within the state will receive $1,205 for each student who lives in their district but attends private school and is funded by the ESA program. read more
In December, House Bill 1467 stated that School Library and Instructional Materials requires school district to adopt procedures for determining and reviewing content for library media centers. This has been extended to books in the classroom. Educators who reached out to ABC7 say that their books are being inspected Friday and books that don't meet the guidelines will be removed. read more
:A review of the literature was conducted in which 19 separate studies were examined for the ratio of heterosexual-to-homosexual molestations of children and the ratio of female-to-male child victim"
The paper is from 1985.
It's a literature review of 19 papers.
It has been cited twice. psycnet.apa.org
It's not very convincing especially when we can only see the abstract.
Nor does it seem relevant to the topic.
"Two of my kids were art/theater kids (in the Bible Belt). They both had a lot of gay friends, from god fearing Southern Baptist families. In each case it was a journey for the family, but love conquers all."
Love doesn't conquer all.
Love is why you run away from home.
According to the Williams Institute, 40% of the homeless youth served by agencies identify as LGBT
43% of clients served by drop-in centers identified as LGBT
30% of street outreach clients identified as LGBT
30% of clients utilizing housing programs identified as LGBT
nationalhomeless.org
I think I've heard the same $3M figure -- from the first buzz cut to driving a tank through Iraq -- or something like that.