The Fatherless There is an avalanche in this country of fathers abandoning their duties of raising their children and as a result, the children suffer. Research shows they are four times more likely to live in poverty or suffer emotional or behavioral problems. Using drugs or alcohol could be an alternative for them and dropping…
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Teen Suicide a Concern During Pandemic
An expert group of international scientists posted that suicide is culturally contagious with teens. Back in 2018, 13.5% was calculated and now in 2020 a significant increase has been documented in their medical journal Lancet Psychiatry. They stated that this pandemic causes distress and leaves many people with mental health problems and suicidal behaviors. The…
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A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) was successful in removing a rape video game, among others, from the company Steam’s supply, the latter being a major video game distributor. This game, accessible to teens and others, features rape and murder of women. As psychologists have constantly stated explicit porn has a devastating effect on…
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MTA Votes for Increased Funding
The Boston Broadside—The People’s Paper, Jan., 2019, published an article which revealed that the Massachusetts Teachers’ Association (MTA) voted unanimously to endorse and finance their Fund and Future Campaign, whose goal is to pass legislation by May 1 to increase state funding of education more than $1.5 billion a year. One billion would be for…
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Victory!
In our long back-and-forth with Google over the years, one thing we have asked for is that they make their built-in filter, called Safe Search, much more visible. A filter is only useful if users know it’s there. Specifically, we have met with Google executives and asked for Safe Search to be put in the…
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How Precisely Is Diversity A Strength?
In the Sept. 27, 2018 The Wanderer, Patrick Buchanan answers the question, “How precisely is diversity our strength because of the racial, ethnic, cultural and religious diversity of a nation.” Buchanan cites situations in many countries around the world where this premise proved incorrect but states if the establishment is proven wrong about greater diversity…
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Parents Have Right to Exempt Their Child From Sex Education
Mainly, the Parental Notification Law dictates parents must be provided with notice of their rights may exempt their children from any portion of human sex education in writing to the school principal. I advise parents to always contact the Mass Dept of Education in Malden, MA, for clarification and questions.
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Abstinence Based Sex Education
Stoneham Selectwoman Caroline Colarusso in The Stoneham Independent Dec 26, 2018, submitted an interesting article concerning “Abstinence Based Sex Education.” It briefly stated that the Commonwealth of Mass Dept. of Public Health has been awarded a federal grant of $808,000 to teach teenagers to abstain from sex before marriage.* Applicants need to emphasize healthy relationships,…
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Morality in Action
MMM’s Fall Buffet Dinner Social On this evening, Jeff Kuhner, talk show host of WRKO Radio’s “Kuhner Report” and Representative Jim Lyons of Andover, both aptly and truthfully addressed, “Wake Up America; Changes in Our Culture ~ Our Hopes.” The guests were not only informed, but openly expressed how they were inspired. Certificates of Recognition…
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Watch: Health Curriculum Frameworks
Health Curriculum Frameworks will require comprehensive sex education for all school districts.