Broken Homes, Broken Boys!!

Signs that the nuclear-family meltdown of the past half a century has been particularly toxic to boys are not new. Liberals often assume that these kinds of social problems result from our stingy support system for single mothers and their children. Provide more maternity leave, quality daycare and healthcare, goes the thinking, and a lot of the disadvantages of single-parent homes would vanish. But the link between criminality and fatherlessness holds even in countries with lavish social welfare systems. A 2006 Finnish study of 2,700 boys, for instance, concluded that living in a non-intact family at age 8 predicted a variety of criminal offenses. If the trends of the last 40 years continue — and there's little reason to think that they won't — the percentage of boys growing up with single mothers will keep growing. No one knows how to stem that tide. But by understanding the way family instability interacts with boys' restless natures, educators could experiment with approaches that might improve at least some lives.
www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-hymowitz-...UHZaX

Gov. Kitzhaber undermining rights of parents!!

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, who has said he'll announce his decision on seeking a second term by the end of this month, got some advice from Nike: Just Do It. Kitzhaber, who served two terms from 1995-2003 before returning to office in 2011, has said he's wrestling with whether to seek another term given his age -- he's 66 -- and the time he has to spend with his son, a high school sophomore. What about those of us who are not Lucky enough to spend time with Our Sons Due To The Kitzhaber Administration. If anyone should understand the fraud, abuse, corruption, and incompetance in the DHS and family court system it would be Gov. Kitzhaber. Yet, he remains silent on the biggest civil rights violations in Our History. My advice would be to bow out Governor. You have your PERS. You have your son. You don't want to deal with undermining the rights of parents (Oregon Watchdog). I would take your money and Run.