According to Fox News Online, citing a story published by The Sun (a British newspaper) on April 4, 2009, “A British school was blasted Friday after kids as young as 11 were told to shout obscenities during a lesson in swearing…. St. Laurence School in Bradford on Avon, Wilts, claims it was part of a [...]
There is nothing like a shared experience to deepen a relationship, and when that shared experience is centered around God and our faith in Him, well it just doesn’t get any better! That’s why the latest contest from Mission City Press encourages girls to pair up with a best friend or sister, mother, aunt, cousin, [...]
Manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers of children’s products across our country are presently facing a great challenge to the survival of their businesses. The new CPSIA regulations which take effect February 10, 2009 are not easy to understand or implement. The regulations are intended to improve the safety of children’s products, which is an extremely important objective. However, the [...]
How wonderful it was to hear some genuinely good news in the media! Yesterday, after a “double bird strike” knocked out both engines of his Airbus 320 aircraft, US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger made an emergency landing on the Hudson River, saving all 155 people aboard. They are calling it the “Hudson River Miracle” and [...]
According to a story today at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446306,00.html, new data from three long-term research studies in the U.S. and Japan shows that after otherwise peaceable kids first played violent video games, months later they became more aggressive in school and more likely to get into fights. Younger kids (i.e., American children ages 9 through 12) were more affected. [...]
In an Associated Press article today entitled “Teen Pregnancy Linked to Watching Sexy TV Shows”, we are told: “Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior than among those who have tamer viewing tastes.”
(see http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446085,00.html)
For those of us who have long [...]
A Life of Faith Promotion Takes Off Bigger Than Anticipated
FRANKLIN, TN — When Mission City Press, the owners of the A Life of Faith brand, sent out an email with the headline “Hey Moms! Want Your Daughters to Read Great Books and Get FREE Rewards!?” they had no idea it would be so popular.
“We wanted [...]