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Perspective: When looking at the lives of others, the struggle is real
Deseret NewsDecember 26, 2024

How Child Protective Services Have Failed Children
National Review Online December 19, 2024

Feminine Spirits
The Washington Free BeaconDecember 15, 2024

Why the riskiest situation NYC foster kids can face is visiting their birth parents
New York Post December 14, 2024

Perspective: The often overlooked link between drug use and family decline
Deseret NewsDecember 11, 2024

Perspective: The ‘fentanyl election’ is over. Now what?
Deseret NewsDecember 3, 2024

Freshman enrollment is down at US colleges — and after the past few years, it’s no wonder
New York Post November 23, 2024

Perspective: To fix education, children need knowledge, not projects
Deseret NewsNovember 18, 2024

Native Americans Shift Right
City Journal November 14, 2024

The Rotting of the College Board
CommentaryDecember 2024 Issue

A judge’s micromanagement didn’t promote child welfare
Washington Examiner November 1, 2024

Perspective: The dangers of venting when you’re upset
Deseret NewsNovember 2, 2024

Perspective: Ina Garten and the fantasy of the ‘Friendsgiving’ life
Deseret NewsOctober 30, 2024

Racial Disparities and Child Protection
Quillette October 30, 2024

Another child is dead in NYC, as officials care more about ‘social justice’ than protecting kids
New York Post October 16, 2024

Another Terrible Idea: Abolishing Child Welfare
City Journal October 14, 2024

The Plight of a Politically Obsessed Addict
The Washington Free BeaconOctober 13, 2024

No collusion: Universities compete to circumvent racial admissions ban Washington Examiner October 10, 2024

Perspective: Hurt people hurt people. This principle should be guiding public policy
Deseret NewsOctober 9, 2024

Watch What They Do, Not What They Say
Institute for Family StudiesOctober 9, 2024

Kids aren’t reading books anymore. That explains a lot about our university campuses
Deseret NewsOctober 1, 2024

Justice at Any Cost?
City Journal September 27, 2024

Why is race still a factor in adoption?
New York Post September 21, 2024

Perspective: Is infidelity a form of abuse?
Deseret News September 12, 2024

The Nanny State Is Not the Answer to Parents’ Challenges
National Review Online September 8, 2024

Professor MIA
City Journal Summer 2024

Perspective: The young adults who are going ‘no contact’ with their parents
Deseret News September 3, 2024

Poverty isn’t neglect, and money isn’t always the answer
The Hill August 27, 2024

Perspective: What happens when every aspect of parenting is a choice?
Deseret News August 24, 2024

NYC’s child protection agency is coddling troubled parents, leaving kids to die
New York Post August 22, 2024

Warren Buffett’s Missed Opportunity
City Journal 8/22/2024

In Defense of Foster Care
National Review Online August 22, 2024

Perspective: Vacationing with kids? Consider the all-inclusive resort
Deseret News August 18, 2024

Out of Work
CommentarySeptember 2024 Issue

Parents need to stop crazy-shopping for their kids’ dorm rooms
New York Post August 10, 2024

Destigmatizing Drug Abuse Is a Dopey Idea
The Wall Street Journal July 29, 2024

Perspective: How do you know when it’s time to move on?
Deseret News July 27, 2024

Transparency and Children’s Lives
City Journal 7/24/2024

Perspective: Fostering normalcy for foster kids
Deseret News July 14, 2024

Opinion: Reducing racial disparities in foster care might endanger Black children
Los Angeles Times June 26, 2024

Perspective: Is systemic racism responsible for the increase in child mortality rates?
Deseret News June 23, 2024

‘Crooked Smile’ Review: When Trouble Leaves a Mark
The Wall Street Journal June 23, 2024

Looking at Riley’s outer world in ‘Inside Out 2′
Deseret News June 22, 2024

Perspective: What should we make of the antisemitism of the past 9 months?
Deseret News June 17, 2024

Glenn Loury’s Glaring Honesty
The Washington Free BeaconJune 16, 2024

Confessions of an Enabler of Child Abuse
CommentaryJuly/August 2024 Issue

Fostering division: A troubling trend toward putting race above familiarity in child placement
Washington Examiner May 31, 2024

Fear and the Overton Window
Quillette May 31, 2024

ACS Has Lost the Plot
City Journal 5/30/2024

Don’t believe the grim headlines. Most adoptions work out OK
Deseret News May 23, 2024

And We Do Classes, Too! Academics are becoming an afterthought on college campuses.
City Journal Spring 2024

A Dangerous Road
City Journal 5/16/2024

The Biden administration crossed a line in its rule on gender health care and foster children
Deseret News May 13, 2024

When the Alternative to Foster Care Is an Unsafe Home, There Is Only One Right Choice
The New York Times May 9, 2024

Neglected Representation in Foster Care
City Journal 4/23/2024

The talk that parents need to have with their college students right now
Deseret News April 22, 2024

How New York’s Child Services system is failing city kids
New York Post April 20, 2024

How much power does ‘intergenerational trauma’ hold over us?
Deseret News April 18, 2024

Attacking Adoption
CommentaryMay 2024 Issue

The war on error: A new project seeks to root out fraud in academia
The Gazette April 11, 2024

The US is failing infants exposed to drugs and alcohol
The Hill April 11, 2024

If we can’t trust the government to get student aid right, can we trust it to do anything?
Deseret News April 8, 2024

Child Abandonment in the Name of Compassion
City Journal 4/8/2024

How We Ruined Childhood
National Review Online May 2024 Issue

Inside the troubling world of ‘unconventional’ family planning
Deseret News March 24, 2024

Narcan Babies
City Journal 3/21/2024

Why foster kids aren’t getting the mental health care they need
Deseret News March 17, 2024

Travel Teams and Other Perils of Parenthood
The Washington Free BeaconMarch 17, 2024

Baby boxes and the chipping away of Safe Haven laws
The Boston Globe March 8, 2024

Teen Suicide and the Limits of Sociology
The Washington Free BeaconMarch 2, 2024

Don’t Leave It to the “Professionals”
City Journal 2/26/2024

Perspective: How the Children’s Bureau lost its way
Deseret News February 21, 2024

Common Sense on Child Welfare
City Journal Winter 2024

Why is it so hard for low-income students to apply to college?
The Boston Globe February 14, 2024

Perspective: Race trumps child welfare
The Gazette February 11, 2024

Perspective: Poverty is not an excuse for child neglect
Deseret News February 4, 2024

See No Harm
City Journal January 31,2024

Perspective: Make school mandatory again
Deseret News January 28, 2024

Meet the Parent
The Washington Free BeaconJanuary 28, 2024

Portland’s Encampment Kids
City Journal January 21,2024

Stability Above All
CommentaryFebruary 2024 Issue

Perspective: The triumph of youth over knowledge
Deseret News January 16, 2024

The ‘Stay-at-Home-Girlfriend’ trend is bad for women
New York Post January 6, 2024

Perspective: How social work seems to be changing — for the worse
Deseret News January 3, 2024

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