From The Family of America, a review of The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today by Andrew Cherlin; Allan Carlson on the family in America; and has the American family court system become totalitarian? Grandchildren as political props: What are our real obligations to future generations? A review of Childhood, Well-Being and a Therapeutic Ethos. The moral life of babies: Can they really tell right from wrong? Rediscovering and reshaping a world in which husbands were house-bound and families were free, what are the skills and virtues needed for a life of radical voluntary domestic simplicity? Invasion of the Baby-Snatchers: Our irrational fear of infant abduction could be causing real harm. Choosing the sex of an unborn child is illegal, but would it harm society if it wasn’t? Here are new insights on what makes a family stick together. Celebrities aren't the only ones giving their babies unusual names; compared with decades ago, parents are choosing less common names for kids. A review of The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion (and more). A review of Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. Professional fathers are downing tools to play with their children. A review of We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication by Judith Warner. A look at why bribing your child doesn't work. A review of The War Between the State and the Family: How Government Divides and Impoverishes by Patricia Morgan. Many people cannot be the child of the man they know as their father; now they can get a paternity test over the counter. A review of The Evolution of Childhood by Melvin Konner (and more). An excerpt from Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior by Peter Gray and Kermyt Anderson.
