United Nations child protection experts have pushed Vatican delegates to reveal the scope of the decades- long sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic priests that Pope Francis called "the shame of the Church". The delegates, answering questions from...
It was almost always scary when Lucy’s daddy came to visit her mama. But when his eyes were red and he smelled funny and talked loud, that’s when there was real trouble. Sometimes he hit mama or threw things. Sometimes the police came; big...
An international paedophile ring that streamed live child abuse from the Philippines has been broken after a joint operation involving British, Australian and US police. The UK's National Crime Agency said 29 people had been arrested,...
Schools in wealthier areas are more likely to have a physical education (PE) teacher on staff than are schools in poorer areas, but students in both wealthy and less affluent areas are coming up short with regard to physical activity, finds a new...
This story focuses on maternity leave in terms of economics, but long paid leave also helps infants bond with their mothers and reduces stress in the family. The share of employers offering time off with full pay after childbirth dropped to 5.2...
The Nation's Michelle Goldberg wrote this analysis of the current revival of the suggestion that marriage is a solution to poverty, when poverty is much more complex. She integrates “A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the...
Atlantic Cities' Derek Thompson looks at John Cawley's article -- " The Economics of Obesity " -- in the NBER reporter. Although this is still a case of looking for obesity in all the wrong places, the article is interesting for what it doesn't...
Pretty much everything you need to know about sex in 7 minutes, according to British director and comedian Tom Ska. In this video, he mentions that he really didn't want to have sex the first time he had it, which is one reason he did this video: I...
Researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Reading and University College London (UCL), found that the quality of the relationship in the first 18-months of life predicted the way in which the brain regulates experiences of...
Here's an interesting story about refugees who receive medical services, but not mental health services, even though most of them have experienced trauma in their countries of origin. The story points out that over the next five years, 50,000...
San Francisco Unified and city police have negotiated an agreement that limits police involvement in school disciplinary matters. “SFPD records show arrested students as young as ages 8 to 12, with arrests spiking at age 13,”...
In a world first, University of Melbourne researchers along with international collaborators have used Functional Magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine brain function to help better understand the affects of repressed stressful memories. The...
Virginia Ironside, British journalist, agony aunt (British for "advice columnist") and author, wrote this poignant post for the Daily Mail. Here's how it starts: Aged just ten, I certainly had no idea that my elegant, glamorous mother was an...
For several years, many have been quick to attribute rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases in childhood obesity. However a new study found that fast-food consumption is simply a byproduct of a much bigger problem:...