Kindred's social justice articles

1 to 30 of 70 social justice articles.

• Out of the Dark
  We can assume that most estimates of the incidence of child sexual abuse are under-estimates. Even large p…
• Does ADHD Even Exist? The Ritalin Sham
  By Dr. Breeding Books by Dr. Breeding Alice, the mother of a seven-year-old son, Nathan, recently v…
• A Call to Arms
  Kelly Wendorf didn't know she was political, until she became a mother and realised that raising a …
• Bonding and the Origins of Love by Meryn Callander
  Author's Book Books on Bonding More books
• The Future of Food: Genetically Engineered Foods, Global Biopollution and the Resurrection of Local Food Systems
  ‘…a master plan had been crafted to control the world's food supply. This was made clear at a biotech industr…
• Legacy of Treason - Depleted Uranium and the Poisoning of Humanity
  treason n 1 betrayal of one's sovereign or country. 2 any treachery or betrayal. treasonable adj treasonous adj …
• Vaccination: Know your Choices
  The Australian Vaccination Network Inc. (AVN), a registered non-profit organisation run by parents …
• Cultural Renewal: Revitalising Youth Futures
  'It takes a village to raise a child' In the light of some of the events of the past decade, this well-known sta…
• Bringing the Economy Home
  When we think about our children today, it is difficult to feel optimistic about their future. The crises all aro…
• Ordinary lives, every day violence. Plain Talk about Spanking
  Today, one finds no support for spanking in the scientific literature. This opinion, shared by mental health and …
• Intact! Protecting Our Boys from Circumcision
  (Photo above by Tanya Little) Circumcision — ten years ago I had trouble spelling the word. I would stumble ov…
• Feminism Childcare and Family Mental Health: Have women been misled by equality feminism?
  Childcare seems to be always on the political agenda. But are the real needs of babies, very young children and …
• Men of Colour in a White World
  As told to Susanna Freymark by Greg Telford I have Aboriginal blood, I have Islander blood and I hav…
• Creating Learning Communities: Freeing Education to Create a Sustainable Co-operative Society
  Relevant Books "If our earth is to survive, we need to take responsibility for what we do.Taking control o…
• Should I Vaccinate My Child?
  As I researched the issue, I was amazed to discover that there is a large and growing body of clinical studies, …
• Making the Switch
  You're the first person to argue for a more sustainable lifestyle for the sake of the planet and also for your ow…
• From Horror to Hope: The Evolution of Childrearing
    "The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recently begun to awaken. The further back i…
• Globalisation Explained
  The global marketplace is becoming increasingly vulnerable and volatile. Financial turmoil on the other side of …
• Sticks
  I believe that women have the fate of the Earth in the palm of their hands. Some 53 per cent of us …
• Kids and Chemicals: Don’t Mix
  The Kindred continuum of principle and manifesto recognises a fundamental but often overlooked aspect of childre…
• The Power of Community
  How Cuba Survived Peak Oil When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate …
• The Intelligence of the Heart
  Last month I attended a summit hosted by the aTLC (Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children …
• The 21st Century Tribe as a Family Support Network
  In order to understand the relevance of the Tribe in the 21st Century it first has to be put into a person…
• Afghan Girls Get Another Chance at Education
  While many of us in the West take our education for granted there are so many who are denied the ba…
• For the Love of our Daughters and our Future
  Imagine a group of pre-pubescent girls, their mothers and friends sitting in the afternoon shade we…
• The Problem of Being Male
  I was asked to offer some observations on the problems facing men in contemporary Australian societ…
• The Magical Child, an excerpt
  Books in this article Introduction by Anna Jahns Magical Child, a classic work, profoundly questions the …
• You and Me Against the World
  As I researched and wrote Naked Motherhood and its subsequent thesis, I oscillated between believing I was articu…
• Babies, Bureaucrats and Business: How women’s lives and babies’ wellbeing are being manipulated to serve economic and political interests
  Do our policy-makers know what is best for our families? Is their rhetoric on providing a ‘head start in lifeâ€â€¦
• Up Amongst The Men
  Mothers today are made to think that our only real social contribution is done through the workforce. Could it be…