Familienpolitik

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In this Slate article author Emily Bazelon asks a few questions about changes in American kindergartens that many upper-middle-class families don’t want to ask.  Is the increasingly academic nature of kindergarten good for my children?  Why are schools and states pushing up the cutoff date for kids starting [...]

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I get my blog going again.
Coming soon: 5 Questions
I want to ask all sorts of people five basic questions about the family policy in their country, record the interviews and organize everything in a nifty little interactive map. Sound good? Just give me a few weeks.

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In Albania there is a code of conduct called the Kanun of Leke Dukagjini that has been passed on orally for more than 500 years. This code of conduct has traditionally put a woman’s value at half that of a man’s and limited her role to taking care of children and the home. [...]

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Surely in response to the first same-sex weddings in California this week, Redbook has an interesting article profiling nine different married couples.  The author uses the couples as examples of nice marriage types:

Covenant marriage
Second marriage
Polyamorous marriage
Average marriage
Long-distance marriage
Child-free by choice
Same-sex marriage
Late-in-life marriage
Married young

The one marriage type I was unfamiliar with was the covenant marriage.  Legal [...]

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Today in California the court ruling opening the door to same-sex marriage kicks in at 5:01 pm.  Some county offices plan to stay open late to accommodate eager grooms and brides.  According to this cnn.com article, however, the bride and groom terms have been replaced in the paperwork with “Partner A” and “Partner B.”
Looking forward [...]

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