World Family Policy Center Newsletter
* News
relative to protecting the family worldwide *
Volume 4 Issue 35 - September 19, 2005
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Quote of the Day: “Perhaps
the greatest social service that can be
rendered by anybody to this country and to mankind is
to bring up
a family."
—George Bernard Shaw
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Today’s Contents:
A. Featured Articles:
1. Two-Parent Families are Best, Study Shows
2.
House Considers Strengthening Child Porn Laws
3.
Millennium+5 Outcome Document
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FEATURED ARTICLES
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1.
Two-Parent Families are Best, Study Shows
By Sharon Jayson
USA Today
September 13, 2005
Staying together for the sake of the children might
not be such a bad idea after all, a report suggests.
Children from two-parent families are better off
emotionally, socially and economically, according to a review of marriage
research released today in The Future of Children, a journal published jointly
by the nonpartisan Brookings Institution and Princeton University's Woodrow
Wilson School.
Only in recent years has research shown the benefits
of couples staying together; long-term studies on the children of divorce were
not available earlier. But Census data show that single-parent families have
increased while two-parent families have decreased.
"What parents want and what's good for kids isn't
always the same," says Kathryn Edin, a University of Pennsylvania
sociologist whose research is in the journal.
Sociology professor Paul Amato of Pennsylvania State
University, whose work is also in the journal, says researchers now know that
while chronic and overt conflict can be harmful, two-parent families usually
benefit kids.
"When we were saying it doesn't matter in the
'60s and '70s and '80s, we didn't have the experience of enough kids in a
culture when families were breaking down. It was just our best guess,"
says Diane Sollee, a former marriage and family therapist who organizes an
annual conference for marriage therapy professionals.
But Amato says the research doesn't mean a
single-parent household will doom a child, because so many factors are at play,
including economic status. . . .
Meanwhile, a controversial proposal on Capitol Hill
would pay couples to marry. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., is pushing a pilot
program for low-income couples in the District of Columbia. Under the plan, couples
who earn less than $50,000 a year could get a "marriage bonus" of up
to $9,000 to buy a home, pay for a child's college education or start a
business.
To read entire article:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,605154163,00.html
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2. House Considers Strengthening Child Porn Laws
CitizenLink - Focus on the Family
by Wendy Cloyd
September 13, 2005
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., introduced The Child
Pornography Prevention Act on Monday—a bill that would close many loopholes in
federal laws and would work toward making children safe from predators.
"The purpose of my legislation is to ensure that
children are not exploited in the production and distribution of
pornography," Pence told colleagues. "Additionally, the bill provides
increased protection to the victims of child pornography and strengthens the
hand of law enforcement in investigating and bringing charges of obscenity in
child pornography cases."
The bill is expected to be brought to the floor of the
House on Wednesday, where the language will likely be added as an amendment to
The Child Safety Act. That bill intends to improve upon and replace the sex
offender registration and community notification law.
Daniel Weiss, senior analyst for media and sexuality
at Focus on the Family Action, said The Child Pornography Prevention Act
represents "a significant tightening of the noose around the entire
pornography industry."
First, it would require producers of soft-core
pornography and sexually explicit photography to keep records of the names,
ages and proof of identification of the people depicted in their material.
To read entire article:
http://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0037911.cfm
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3. Millennium+5 Outcome Document
(September 13, 2005)
From United Nations Web site
Following weeks of intense negotiations and numerous
draft texts, the General Assembly (GA) approved a final outcome document for
the Millennium+5 Summit. Heads of state who gathered at UN headquarters for the
summit approved the text. Delegations expressed mixed feelings about the
document - a few were pleased with the text, while many others felt that
priority issues had become diluted to the point of meaninglessness.
To read more:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/msummit/millenni/undocindex.htm
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Note: The Featured
Articles excerpts are highlights of current events and
do not necessarily
represent the views of the World Family Policy Center
or Brigham Young
University.
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