Basic Books, 2004. All over the world birthrates are falling. This may be most evident in the Western world, but falling fertility rates are found…
Mark Latham is partly right: there is a parenting crisis, but not exactly of the sort he envisages. Yes, children do seem to be more…
Broadman and Holman, 2003. Democracy is about balancing the needs and interests of the majority with those of the minority (or minorities). It is a…
Spence Publishing, 2002. America, like Australia, is struggling with the related issues of women in the workforce, childcare, maternity leave, and family breakdown. The usual…
Very early this year the Federal Government announced a proposal to spend $39 million on job training skills for stay-at-home parents – mostly middle-aged mothers…
Mothers may be nearing extinction. Not only is motherhood ridiculed in popular culture, and often ignored by our politicians, but mothers themselves are becoming more…
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), which was established as part of the Family Law Act 1975, began operations in 1980. It was meant,…
Should we institute a scheme of paid maternity leave? I am going to argue neither for the affirmative, nor for the negative. Instead, I will…
The Victorian Government and the Port Phillip Council have abandoned their plans for tolerance zones for St Kilda’s sex workers. The decision comes after local…
Tyndale House, 2001. As the days grow darker and it appears that the Christian faith is taking a beating in many parts of the world,…
Atlantic Books, 2002. Throughout much of the Western world, women are putting marriage and family on hold, while seeking to establish a career. A mate…
Very early this year the Federal Government announced a proposal to spend $39 million on job training skills for stay-at home parents – mostly middle-aged…
Basic Books, 2000. This book has a simple theme: Political Correctness has entered the medical profession. The politicisation and radicalisation of health professionals and workers…
The battle over motherhood continues unabated, with a recent controversy re-igniting a long standing debate. In the one corner are those who feel that government…
Commonsense seems to count for little these days. Instead, an army of “experts” are telling us how to best run our lives. Consider the following:…
Often when I make an appeal for Christian social involvement, I get some Christians who bring up various objections, most of which boil down to…
With over $1.5 billion a year spent on child care by Australian Governments, child care is big business. And with over 600,000 children involved, it…
Australia has been asked to respond to a United Nations program, the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children. Called the Program…
The International Year of the Family Council has launched its first discussion paper entitled “The Heart of the Matter: Families at the Centre of Public…
Oxford University Press, 1992. In 1981 Paul Hollander published his very influential Political Pilgrims, a book which chronicled the journeys of Western intellectuals to Marxist…