(USA TODAY) – Supposedly, young adults don’t have much of an attention span — except when it comes to love. That’s when it seems this generation of young people is giving new meaning to the words “long-term relationship.” Many are “a couple” for years, and...

(TIME.com) – Women make the primary health care decisions in two-thirds of American households. They account for 80 cents out of every dollar spent in drugstores and are likelier than men to choose the family’s health insurance. Even when both parents work, wives shoulder 75% of domestic...

(The Economist) — IMAGINE you are one half of a young couple expecting your first child in a fast-growing, poor country. You are part of the new middle class; your income is rising; you want a small family. But traditional mores hold sway around you, most important in the preference for sons...

    (livescience.com) Adult children are moving back in with parents, and grandparents are taking up residence with their kids’ families. Sound like old times? In fact, multi-generational households are making a comeback, according to a report released earlier this week. Some 49 million Americans...

In discussions of teen sex, much is said about the dangers of pregnancy and disease but far less about the emotional hazards. That’s a problem, because the destructive psychological consequences of temporary sexual relationships are very real. Being aware of them can help a young person make the...

Advice for Parents (CommonSenseMedia.org) – When people take sexually revealing picture of themselves and send them as text message attachments, it’s called “sexting.” And while experts differ on statistics, a recent study conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project...

(Common Sense Media) — Facebook and other social networks connect kids online. But a new form of social networking takes connecting a step further — to face-to-face meet-ups. New programs called social mapping applications use geographic information to connect people to specific places,...

(HealthDay News) — The amount of time American children and teens spend watching TV, playing video games or surfing the Internet has increased dramatically, to almost eight hours a day, a new report finds. In fact, over the past five years the amount of time the average 8- to 18-year-old spent...

An event you won’t want to miss! Palmetto Family encourages you to attend this important event at the State House. Spread the word to help ensure a good turnout! Stand Up for Life: Pro-Life March and Rally Featuring: Damon Owen, New Jersey Director for the National Organization for Marriage and spokesman...

The first decade of the 21st century has been packed with innovations and entertainment that have forever changed childhood — and parenting. Some of these have been fabulous. Others? Not so great. But all have revolutionized how our kids communicate, create, learn, and play. Here, in no particular...