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Family Life Education in Historical Perspective
I collect vintage family life education materials.
Doing the Right Thing: Assembly Required
Doing the right thing is part of our truer, deeper selves. Yet everyday uncountable numbers of human beings do terrible things to each other. This article examines several circumstances that can get in the way when we actually want to do the right…
Disaster preparedness and the petrified pantry
This morning I write with a heavy heart. Hurricane Irene is swirling in the Atlantic. The projected paths as of 8 am on Friday August 26 predict it will hit most of the eastern seaboard beginning tomorrow. Officials are advising evacuation in some…
In defense of the Helicopter Parent
A book review:Not Quite Adults explains the phenomenon of the lengthening duration from high school graduation and attaining what has been the experience of transitioning to adulthood of the past few decades. Young adults are meeting the sociological…
Choosing between family and work
Diane Cushman, NCFR's Executive Director, writes about the gift of technology and the options it affords to families trying to balance caregiving and a demanding career.
Census data for U.S. states is rolling out
Data from the 2010 Census is coming in.Links to the detailed information are provided here.
Applying our resources...especially human
This "Executive Review" article appeared in NCFR Report, Summer 2012