POV: Loving From a Distance During COVD-19
Last week, right in the middle of this Covid pandemic, my family was rocked by the unexpected news that my husband has a brain tumor. Consequently, he’s spent much of the last week in the hospital, and as I write this, he’s in the operating room. It’s all the normal stuff you’d expect, but with […]
Resources for Parents and Students Schooling at Home
The closure of K-12 schools, colleges, universities and many businesses across our state and nation to quell the spread of COVID-19 means that parents and students of all ages have been thrust, either willingly or unwillingly, into schooling at home for the foreseeable future. We at NC Family see this shift toward homeschooling as an […]
Yes! Talk About Religion and Politics (POV)
When it comes to getting along with others, many of us have bought into the old adage: “Never talk about religion or politics.” Well, over the past year, I made a habit of talking about both—religion and politics—in “mixed company” and (gasp!) even on the Internet. And you know what I found? More opportunities than […]
POV: Far More Than A Chicken Sandwich
I’ve long admired Chick-fil-A’s slogan, “We didn’t invent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich,” because it cleverly acknowledges two fundamental ideals: (1) the restaurant chain’s focus on leading the fast food industry in the production of an excellent (and delicious) chicken sandwich, and (2) the presumption that someone else (i.e. the Creator God) actually “invented” […]
HHS Proposal Returns Federal Funding to Faith-Based Adoption and Foster-Care Agencies
Faith-based organizations that provide foster-care and adoption services can continue to operate according to their deeply held beliefs without fear of losing federal funding, thanks to a new rule put forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last Friday. This measure proposed by the Trump Administration rolls back rules instituted by […]
Disturbing Themes In Reading Assignment
Every week, I meet with and mentor a 14-year-old through a program at my church. We work on homework or assigned readings together, and over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been reading through a novel for her English class. I have to admit that I get excited when I see a kid diving into […]
Are You Being Manipulated?
Big news recently on the social media front is action by Facebook and Twitter to ban accounts that were set up by the Chinese government. According to a statement on Twitter’s blog, the suspended accounts were designed to spread propaganda aimed at discrediting protests in Hong Kong. “We have reliable evidence to support that this […]
For More Happy Marriages, Don’t Live Together First
Recently I saw an announcement on Facebook that caught my eye due to both the content and the phrasing. My friend announced to the world that the amazing guy who’d been just a casual friend a year ago was about to move in with her. She’d been pleasantly surprised by the turn their relationship had […]
Divorce is Down…and Up
The overall divorce rate in the U.S. has fallen over the past 25 years and younger adults are the reason why. Stats compiled by the National Center for Family & Marriage Research show that the number of Americans divorcing has fallen steadily from 1990 to 2017, from 19 to 15 per 1,000. Those under the […]
13 Reasons Why Netflix Debut Linked to Dramatic Increase in Teen Suicides
When Netflix first released the series 13 Reasons Why in May of 2017, school systems and public health officials all over the country warned that it could cause an increase in teenage suicide. (See previous NC Family story here.) Apparently, that is exactly what happened. According to a study in the April 2019 Journal of […]