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Playboy Encourages Monogamy?
I recently saw this interview and just knew I needed to republish…
I recently saw this interview and just knew I needed to republish it here. It is from the PBS public affairs show Firing Line. Taped on September 12, 1966, William Buckley interviews the founder of…
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Cinderella Ate My Daughter – Book Review
by Rachel Lee Carter Cinderella Ate My Daughter is a series…
by Rachel Lee Carter Cinderella Ate My Daughter is a series of (mostly “me and my Berkley playgroup”) research that Orenstein uses to make a case that pink and pretty, and pretending to be…
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Born Digital – Book Review
When I was a kid I used to turn part of my…
When I was a kid I used to turn part of my allowance into quarters so that I could play games like Pac-Man and Stargate in an arcade. My 4-year-old daughter can now find her…
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Cyber Threats Turn to Second-Degree Murder
In April 2009, what started as a series of vicious phone calls,…
In April 2009, what started as a series of vicious phone calls, text messages, and Myspace messages turned physical when Rachel Wade stabbed and killed Sarah Ludemann. These two teens had been fighting over a…
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So Sexy, So Soon – Book Review
by Emily Malone I decided to read So Sexy, So Soon because…
by Emily Malone I decided to read So Sexy, So Soon because I have a 4-year-old daughter who is much too aware of the messages the world is sending her. Having grown up in an…
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A week without texts or tweets will do kids good
Recently I caught wind of an interesting conversation on The Washington Post…
Recently I caught wind of an interesting conversation on The Washington Post about whether parents need to give their kids a “vacation” from technology. Marguerite Kelly, author of the best-selling The Mother’s Almanac, gives her…
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Sexual Utilitarianism: Pornography is Robbing Young Men of Real Relationships
util·i·tar·i·an·ism: an ethical theory that aims for the largest possible balance of…
util·i·tar·i·an·ism: an ethical theory that aims for the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number. . . . “Sexual utilitarianism” is a concept coined by Pope John…
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Internet Predators 101: What you need to know to protect your kids
Headlines about Internet predators are fairly common today—so much so, we may…
Headlines about Internet predators are fairly common today—so much so, we may have even grown deaf to them. “Man Charged with Solicitation of a Minor.” “Sexual Predator Arrested in Undercover Operation.” “Man Charged with Using…
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Kalyn’s Secret: A Real-Life Story of Predation and Restoration
What would you do if you discovered your 15-year-old daughter was in…
What would you do if you discovered your 15-year-old daughter was in a relationship with a man 30 years her senior? Late one night in 2002, after investigating an extremely large cellphone bill, full of…
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Teens Hunted Online: New Film by David Schwimmer Highlights Danger of Internet Predators
by Cris Clapp Logan, Communications Director, Enough Is Enough If you’re like me,…
by Cris Clapp Logan, Communications Director, Enough Is Enough If you’re like me, you know David Schwimmer best for his role as the lovable paleontologist Ross in the hit NBC sitcom “Friends.” Suffice it to say,…