Acton Institute Powerblog Archives

Post Tagged 'children’s rights'

September 24, 2024

Put Children First

Civilization transmits culture from one generation to the next, and so must be concerned with children. Education, law, the peaceful transfer of power—these civilizational elements developed over the centuries to foster the creation of children and create the space for them to grow into their inheritance. Continue Reading...
January 16, 2015

Chinese Government Tries To Stay Ahead Of Child Traffickers

Underground delivery rooms. Babies smuggled in designer handbags. Criminal gangs kidnapping pregnant women. It’s all part of a growing concern in China: child trafficking. According to CNN, Chinese authorities rescued 37 newborns and one toddler this week, arresting over 100 people in the process. Continue Reading...
October 16, 2014

Purple Penguins, Womyn’s Rights, And Semantic Silliness

In 1994, a clever man named James Finn Garner published Politically Correct Bedtime Stories. Garner did fabulous send-ups of familiar stories, with a twist: all of them were carefully constructed so as to offend NO ONE: There once was a young person named Red Riding Hood who lived with her mother on the edge of a large wood. Continue Reading...
November 20, 2012

Every Day is Children’s Day

I remember when I was a kid and would ask why we celebrate Father’s Day and Mother’s Day. What about Children’s Day? To which I would receive the inevitable response, “Every day is Children’s Day.” Continue Reading...