Busy people tend to forgo the one activity - TV watching _ that is most lethal to community involvement - Robert D. Putnam

Biopsychiatrists at the Harvard Medical School have shown that mothers who frequently abuse their children even verbally can impair the circuitry of those kids’ brains.

The answer is that the destiny of poor kids in America has broad implications for our economy, our democracy, and our values.

The decline in religious participation, like many of the changes in political and community involvement, is attributable largely to generational differences.