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Teen Developed "Wet Lung" After Vaping

According to a case study published in the medical journal Pediatrics last Thursday, an 18-year-old developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis, also known as "wet lung", after vaping for only three weeks. Dr. Casey Sommerfeld, one of the patient's...

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Fairfax County Sex Education Policy Under Review

Parents in Fairfax County are continuing to protest newly proposed sex education policies. According to an article by Fox5, the new curriculum would expand lessons on the different types of contraception available to students, change curriculum...

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Opting-Out is Not an Option in Orange County

In a letter written to the Orange County School Board, General Council Ronald Wenart explained the implications of the California Healthy Youth Act. The letter explained in detail the lack of rights available to parents desiring to opt their...

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How to Set Up Parental Controls on Netflix

    Follow along with the video above or read the instructions below to learn how you can set parental controls on your families Netflix account. Go to Netflix.com and log in using the admin username...

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Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences

According to an article published by the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), research now shows that divorce or separation from a parent or guardian is one of the top two most adverse childhood experiences nationally. And which parent is the one...

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Pearson's Social Emotional Learning Messages in Student Software

Publishing giant Pearson recently released that the company had been inserting "social-psychological interventions" into its learning software throughout 2017. According to an article by Education Week, Pearson's most recent research involved...

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Sex Ed Sit Out Success: Your Voices Were Heard

Parents around the world kept their children home from school on Monday, April 23 in protest of the graphic content found in comprehensive sex-ed curriculum. The "Sex Ed Sit Out" provided parents the opportunity to unify and demand graphic...

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Family Structure and Child Development Study

A study published in the European Journal of Population shows how family structure can impact child development. The study revealed that children raised with their father in an intact, biological family grow up experiencing...

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The Words of a Father

"There is something special and powerful about the words that are spoken between a father and his children," JT Waresak wrote in a Focus on the Family article. "Children and teens crave and need affirmation from both their parents," Waresak...

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7 Steps to Using Social Media for Fatherhood Programs

Social media can be an important component of your fatherhood program for recruiting, engaging, and retaining fathers. In this webinar, created by National Fatherhood Initiative's Maggie Spain and Melissa Steward, you can learn how to begin...

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