Families in the Loop

Earlier this month, South Dakota enacted a new law authorizing school employees to carry guns at work, the first state in the U.S. to do so. Citing the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, in which twenty children and six adults were murdered by a gunman, sponsor of the bill Representative Scott Craig (R-South Dakota) believes it [...]

As the world grows more competitive, our kids are doing whatever it takes to get ahead. Enter college students’ latest drug of choice: ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall, which sharpen cognitive function. No, these aren’t strictly party drugs. Young adults are using them, even if they haven’t been diagnosed with ADHD, to study longer [...]

The parents of Coy Mathis, a first-grade Colorado boy who identifies as a girl, pulled their child out of school after being told she would have to use a gender-neutral bathroom rather than the girls’ bathroom. They are now suing the school district. Is this a case of discrimination against a transgender child or is [...]

Gwyneth Paltrow is about to release a new low-carb, gluten-free cookbook this April titled It’s All Good, and in it she lists many of the foods that are bad for us. Top of the list? Carbs. She makes a point of telling us she doesn’t think kids should be stuffing themselves with pasta, cereal and bread. This [...]