Syed Soharwardy, deploring the fact that Muslims use religion as an excuse for perpetrating violence against family members, plans a hunger strike. He intends to call attention to the problem of domestic violence in Muslim families.

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A Guide to the Family Dinner

Recommends MariaLisa Calta's book, "Barbarians At the Plate: Taming and Feeding the Modern American Family," on ways to make family dinners happen more easily.

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For teens, family dinners are best predictor of success

The best predictor of a teenager's positive and negative social and academic outcomes -- doing well in school, using drugs and alcohol, experimenting with sex at a young age, fighting -- is how frequently he or she eats dinner with his family. This is mor

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Religious "generation gap": children more observant than parents

Some evidence suggests a trend within families towards children's exhibiting greater religiosity than their parents. This story examines a few examples of this in different traditions.

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Linda Hirschmann: Why "choice feminism" is B.S.

A long article by Linda Hirschmann on how the idea of giving women "the choice" to stay home and raise children ultimately defeats the original vision of feminism. Her advice to women? Marry down. A provocative, thoughtful piece.

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Elder Wisdom Circle: "cyber-grandparents" to the online world [2]

A network of individuals aged 60 to 105 who respond, as a group, to requests for advice from younger people. Remarkable idea. Profiled in the WaPo (http://snurl.com/1bbhd).

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Elder Wisdom Circle: "cyber-grandparents" to the online world [3]

A network of individuals aged 60 to 105 who respond, as a group, to requests for advice from younger people. Remarkable idea. Profiled in the WaPo (http://snurl.com/1bbhd).

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Interfaith anti-domestic violence coalition publishes handbook

A joint Jewish-Christian-Muslim group has collaborated with STAND! Against Domestic Violence to produce a handbook for clergy dealing with domestic violence. Statistics suggest that most abused women first approach clergy for help, who are often ill equip

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The QuiverFull movement: having babies -- lots of babies -- for God

Newsweek on the "QuiverFull" movement, which campaigns against birth control, espouses a relatively fundamentalist form of Christianity, and advocates having at least six children per family.

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