Familienpolitik

South Korean actress Ok So-ri admits it. She had an affair with her husband’s friend. But she doesn’t think she should go to jail for it. This New York Times article explains how a high-profile celebrity sex scandal is reflective of greater societal changes and may change the laws prohibiting adultery.
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Today is the United Nations International Day of Families. The theme for this year is “Fathers and Families: Responsibilities and Challenges.” Secretary General Ban Ki Moon wrote in a message in honor of the day
Traditionally in many societies, fathers have been moral teachers, disciplinarians and breadwinners. In many countries, there is now [...]

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We’ve all heard about the children crushed beneath their school buildings after the earthquake in China this week. Many of those children were only children, whose parents kept to China’s one-child policy and who are now left childless. CNN.com looks at how the one-child policy may be compounding parents’ grief as the bodies are [...]

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Six Vietnamese have been arrested by Chinese authorities for allegedly taking part in a baby-selling ring. Time reports the arrests here. As I blogged about several days ago, Vietnam has stopped permitting U.S. couples to adopt Vietnamese babies, after a U.S. embassy report alleged that its adoption system was rife with corruption and [...]

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Many developed countries now struggle with declining birthrates. Dramatic population shifts have sociological as well as significant economic consequences, leading some countries to make the promotion of reproduction part of government policy.
Today the New York Times reported on a new approach in Singapore: university classes teaching students how to date, fall in love and [...]

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