Wunderbar: same-sex marriage gets approval in Germany.
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Two new laws have grappled with ideas of diversity and the traditional family in Germany.
Women are increasingly the breadwinners of their families, a shift in domestic roles that has upsides and challenges.
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Here’s how we can make families work better for women in the 21st century.
In southern Italy, judges are trying to ‘save’ children from a life in the mafia.
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In ’Ndrangheta mafia families, the inter-generational links go deep.
Hearing voices can make you anxious.
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People with paranormal beliefs often experience social rejection. But for those at risk of psychosis, support is important for prevention.
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There is a way to get homes where we need them, and it’s about making the most of what we’ve already got.
Asleep, but for how long?
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Sleep experts suggest that you may need to balance the science against your own family’s needs.
Many families do provide care but it can be difficult.
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The idea of family care is nice, but there are limits to what it can provide.
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Christmas tends to assume a strong sense of its own significance in times of protracted conflict.
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New research highlights the dangers of being too supportive when family relations are strained.
Alienated?
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It is time to understand what parental alienating behaviors are so that we don’t allow them to be used to hurt others anymore.
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It’s easy to imagine the sadness that comes with a loved one’s disappearance, but there’s anger too – and admin.
Bad parenting can be improved … if we are willing to try.
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Some dads need just as much help as mums, but society isn’t giving it to them.
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Teenagers are heavily influenced by what their friends eat, to the extent that they forget about their parents’ cooking.
Malcolm Turnbull’s short biographical video on social media talks about being raised by his single-parent father, and the love his father Bruce showered on his son.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s video and Bill Shorten’s book are underpinned by the same idea: the love their parents had for them, and that in turn imbued them with the right qualities to become prime minister.
More than 7% of Western women choose not to have children.
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Women who publicly state their desire never to be mothers in the traditional sense challenge the idea that woman and mother are synonymous.
Gaming makes getting older better, and more fun.
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Gaming is a way to connect to family members. Those relationships can improve mental and physical well-being, in addition to creating meaningful personal bonds.
Arise, Sir Adequate Father.
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The idea of family is still undergoing fundamental change, but progress towards an egalitarian era may be hamstrung by class and wealth.
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The ‘apostolic exhortation’ calls for greater understanding of divorced couples, but falls short of allowing them a full life within the church.
Cameron has insisted his parenting programmes are the revival of the ‘nanny state’.
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The history of the government’s push for parenting classes.
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Across Europe, there has been a rise in the number of women earning the most in their family.