Tag: Family

In China, the ratio of boys to girls has dropped from 121 boys to 100 girls in 2004 to 114:100 in 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Beltway Confidential

How parents learned to stop worrying and love their daughters

Daniel Allott · January 30, 2017 9:15 pm

Obama spends MLK day painting mural at DC shelter

Obama spends MLK day painting mural at DC shelter

Anna Giaritelli · January 17, 2017 12:29 am

States should enact legislation to address court-created fatherlessness. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

GOP must act on the national epidemic of absent fathers

Suzanne Venker · January 5, 2017 12:00 am

Rex Tillerson, President and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation makes a brief comment as his wife Renda, looks on after Tillerson was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America, Circle Ten Council during the Friends of Scouting Banquet Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Dallas. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, a former eagle scout, was the keynote speaker at the event that raised $1 million. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Washington Secrets

Tillerson faces conservative ire over gay Boy Scout, abortion support

Paul Bedard · December 13, 2016 5:15 pm

Several U.S. cities, including major metropolitan centers like Philadelphia and Detroit, are following Finland's lead and pursuing baby box programs in an effort to reduce baby deaths.

Cities look to cardboard boxes to save babies

Robert King · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

This year the media composed several stories about women who regret having children.

Beltway Confidential

When a mother’s love turns into regret

Elizabeth King · December 9, 2016 12:00 am

Phone Home

Lee Smith · November 29, 2016 12:20 pm

Trump will come up during Thanksgiving dinner. You need to know how to handle it. (iStock Photo)

Your Thanksgiving guide to explaining Trump to your liberal relatives

Timothy P. Carney · November 24, 2016 5:00 pm

Phone Home

Lee Smith · November 24, 2016 6:00 am

It's all fun and games until Uncle Jim changes the subject during dinner to tax policy. (AP Photo/Bree Fowler)

Beltway Confidential

A flowchart to navigate politics at Thanksgiving dinner

Beverly Hallberg · November 22, 2016 6:58 pm

Fears of a Clown

Mark Hemingway · November 4, 2016 6:00 am

Generations of American children grew up playing catch with their fathers. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Beltway Confidential

Why fathers are crucial to aspiring major leaguers

Kevin Stuart · October 29, 2016 4:03 am