July 2011
July 14th, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in Cover Stories with 0 Comments
Rarely do you hear about the issue of latch key kids any more. Whether it is because the media is busy with other topics or the subject is so common, it continues to be a widespread phenomenon.The topic initially arrived on the scene in the 1980s. The U.S. Census Bureau carefully monitored the increase of latch key kids and documented that 1.6 million, or 8 percent, of kids ranging from ages 5 to...
July 13th, 2011
Written by Kathy Seal in All About Family with 0 Comments
What happens when Asians marry Jews? Well, for one thing, the kids grow up Jewish, according to a new study."Over and over again we saw Jewish-Asian couples putting incredible thought and energy into helping children become Jewish,” says sociologist Noah Leavitt, who with his wife Helen Kim interviewed 37 Asian-Jewish couples over a period of two years. Both are professors at Whitman College in...
July 12th, 2011
Written by Talia Page in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
The proverbial post-child rearing empty nest is statistically likely to return to its previous, crowded nest state because of a growing population of boomerang kids. The term “boomerang kids” refers to adults – mostly those in their 20s and 30s – who return to their parents’ home.According to CNN Money, a large portion of the boomerang population consists of recent college graduates. The number...
July 8th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
As citizens of the United States, we are facing one of the most important decisions to affect our future as a country with the upcoming presidential election. The long-term direction of too many important issues is riding on the man or woman we choose to represent us.Whether we choose President Barack Obama, Michele Bachman, Mitt Romney, or someone yet to emerge, we can ill afford to be...
July 8th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility with 0 Comments
Racism, like global warming, is pervasive and destructive. Its negative impact is preventable, but only if we care enough to put forth a concerted and sustained effort to do something about it.Many of us would like to believe that race and interracial issues are no longer a major problem in this county. But if we honestly looked around us, we would witness incidents almost on a daily basis that...