by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Sep 26, 2013 | Social Trends
The Deseret News has reported that studies show a clear discrimination in the workforce against women with children. While employers consider it to be a positive aspect if a man has children, it is considered a negative for a woman employee to have children. Tests...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Aug 13, 2013 | Marriage and Family
Fatherhood is frequently under attack in today’s world. In an effort to help support mothers who must raise their children alone, we have sometimes gone too far in that we end up suggesting fathers are unnecessary. Studies have shown that children raised without...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Aug 2, 2013 | Marriage and Family
A recent article in the Deseret News emphasized the importance of fathers in the lives of children. The article noted that there were 1.96 million single fathers in the United States in 2012 and only 5 percent of those were widowed. The rest were divorced or separated...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 24, 2012 | Marriage and Family
A new study shows that children under two who are in rooms with televisions-whether the child is watching or the parent is-has a smaller vocabulary and later speech development. In part, this is because the child has less opportunity to interact with and communicate...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 16, 2012 | Bonds that Tie the Family
The Lazy Lugs and the Busy Bees: A Family Who Works Together Stays Together by Valerie Steimle Members of The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints raise their families to be contributing members of society. The topic of work concerns many parents, as they...
