“Marry, for the health of your baby”

Luci McLeod | July 21, 2010

From Mercatornet comes a useful short piece discussing a new study by Debbie S. Barrington, “The Increasing Protection of Marriage on Infant Low Birth Weight Across Two Generations of African American Women,” 31 Journal of Family Issues 1041 (2010).  The study abstract states: An increasing protection of marriage on infant LBW across the two generations [...]

“Were our feminist foremothers all wrong?”

Luci McLeod | July 19, 2010

On Babble.com, one author offered a surprisingly honest, heartfelt examination of the choices she made to delay motherhood.  She points out the numerous personal and social consequences of delaying marriage and childbearing.  Certainly, God’s timing is perfect in all things.  However, it’s sobering to consider just how much we’ve sacrificed to conform to our modern [...]