6 Children Killed by Helicopter Attack, Iraqi Says

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2007 An Iraqi police officer says six children were killed when a U.S. helicopter returned fire near an Iraqi school in Diyala province, near the Iranian border. The military was unable to confirm the report but said it was investigating. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Forget Big Tobacco — Big Food Kills

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Mar 29, 2007 If we are what we eat and we eat what is advertised, then American children are facing death by junk food. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Judge Rules for Web Freedom

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2007 Yet another court has ruled against the 1994 Child Online Protection Act, a major victory for civil rights advocates. The law has been a mess from the start. With the stated goal of protecting kids from pornography, it would punish offending websites with $50,000 fines and jail time for exposing children to "harmful" material, whether intentionally or not. Innocent sites like Salon and BoingBoing could've been targeted under the legislation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Married With Children in the Minority

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2007 Fewer than a quarter of American households contain a married couple with children, down from half in 1960. While the numbers are lower across the board, the nuclear family appears to have become a luxury, with wealthier people far more likely to marry before having children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Uncompassionate Conservative

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Feb 9, 2007 The president's proposed cuts in children's health insurance are so shameful that even Bush's treasury secretary appeared to distance himself from them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

MySpace to Share Sex Offender Data With U.S. Center

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2007 Internet social network MySpace has developed a sophisticated national database of sex offenders it uses to police memberships and protect users, many of them minors. On Monday, the company announced it would share the information with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in an effort to aid law enforcement. (h/t: Sex Drive Daily) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unfortunate Custody

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Ellen Goodman: From Stay-at-Home to Speaker

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jan 4, 2007 Nancy Pelosi's ascendancy to the House speakership proves that modern women can successfully "opt back in" after "opting out" to raise their children. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigrant Children Trapped in Limbo

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2006 The Washington Post examines the plight of child immigrants, caught between conflicting government agencies that seek to reunite families while at the same time working to deport them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Men Have Biological Clocks Too

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2006 A group of U.S. and UK researchers have suggested that children born to older fathers are likelier to develop autism. The study of 132,271 Israeli children implies the possibility that men also have time constraints on procreation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ellen Goodman: Wedding Bells Only for Breeders?

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 Washington state's Supreme Court says it limited marriage to heterosexual couples in order to encourage procreation. OK, so what about straight couples that can't or don't want to have kids? Are they banned from marriage, too? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Column: My Kids Bore Me to Death

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2006 A working mother of two admits to one of parenthood's last great remaining taboos: that parenting is often mind-numbingly tedious, and that she'd almost always rather be doing something other than watching "SpongeBob" or making runs to soccer practice. The comments on this article offer a fascinating set of nuggets for would-be parents to chew on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )