Newsletter # 289 EMPOWERING FAMILIES WORLDWIDE
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News from the last seven days
26 October 2020

United Nations 75th anniversary
 
United Nations 75th anniversary
 
On 24 October, the United Nations celebrated its 75th anniversary. Known as UN Day, this anniversary is usually a moment to reflect on the accomplishments made possible through global solidarity.
 
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
10:00 - 11:00 NYC time / 15:00 - 16:00 Central European Time
Virtual Conference Room

 
FINAL PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION ...
 
 
Articles
 
The problem with parenting

Parents
A new book explores why we are struggling to raise our children and offers a bold defence of the family.
[Jan Macvarish - Spiked, 20 October 2020.]
Distance learning strains low-income families

Education
Only about one in three families reported that students always have a place free of distraction for remote learning.
[NBC, 21 October 2020.]
Family’s financial security top priorities for Indians

General
Retirement is seen by Indians as an important but distant prospect. Instead, Indians prioritise children’s needs.
[Sanjeev Sinha - Financial Express, 20 October 2020.]
America after COVID: what demographics tell us

COVID-19
Covid is sure to reshape the US in profound new ways, but the most powerful will be accelerating trends that were already underway.
[Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox - Chief Executive, 20 October 2020.]
India: Increasing legal age for women’s marriage has enormous benefits

Marriage
It was recently reiterated signaling at a possibility of the legal age of marriage for women to be raised from 18 soon and welcomes any such decision.
[Business World, 22 October 2020.]
One in six children living in extreme poverty

Children
An estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis released on Tuesday.
[UN News, 20 October 2020.]
Studies
 
Stress and parenting during the coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19
American parents have been presented with new challenges on how best to meet their child’s needs.
[Shawna J. Lee - University of Michigan School of Social Work, 26 March 2020.]
Videos
 
You have a message

Parents
Children need attention and being focused on screens may prevent parents from giving it to them.
[Miranda Technology]
 
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