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• Survey: under Obama, race relations in the US reach 20 year low
• Is Cruz Like Goldwater or Reagan?
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• ‘The View’ Hosts Get into Heated Argument About Trump, Then THIS Happens
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• Poll: Majority of Americans favor path to citizenship
• “Progressive” Media Argues “Thanks To ISIS, We Have To Consider Limits To Free Speech”
• SPEAKER FAIL: Paul Ryan Stacks Budget Full of Liberal Goodies – Will Pass With Dem Majority
• Putin praises Trump as an ‘outstanding, talented’ man
• Placemat propaganda: Harvard sorry for giving students tabletop talking points
• UPDATE: How To Get #Adele 2016 Concert Tickets: 5 Pro Tips For Buying On Ticketmaster, Live Nation
• U.S. Republican Carson cancels Africa trip, And Jeb Bush is Sore Loser

Survey: under Obama, race relations in the US reach 20 year low Posted: 17 Dec 2015 12:00 PM PST Jazz Shaw, I would call this breaking news, but the only real headline here is that Time Magazine felt the need to point this out as if it were some sort of surprise. Ask anyone of any race, gender,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Is Cruz Like Goldwater or Reagan? Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:54 AM PST Jerry Newcombe, Ted Cruz is beginning to surge significantly in the polls in Iowa. Surely the evangelicals in Iowa are the key factor. Already, some of the political pundits are writing him off,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

HERO: Cop Saves Baby From Shoplifting Drug Dealer, Now The Story Is Going VIRAL Because of THIS! Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:50 AM PST Scott McKay, Because…THAT’S what the Good Guys do. Here’s a horrible, horrible story which as it turns out has a bit of a silver lining. By the way, don’t do drugs, all right?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

‘The View’ Hosts Get into Heated Argument About Trump, Then THIS Happens Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:44 AM PST Sela T,  Donald Trump has proven to be a man of many talents…but his GREATEST near Superhuman power, would be the ability to become a household name…GLOBALLY, whether for good or... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A Hollywood Christmas Story Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:40 AM PST Larry Elder,  The following story is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. I drove past the outdoor parking-lot-turned-Christmas-tree-store several times before I decided to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Poll: Majority of Americans favor path to citizenship Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:35 AM PST More Americans favor than oppose a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are living in the United States illegally, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. While most Republicans oppose such a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

“Progressive” Media Argues “Thanks To ISIS, We Have To Consider Limits To Free Speech” Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:16 AM PST Steve Watson, Claims that First Amendment rights “go back only to the 1960s.” The so called “progressive” website Slate, offered up an article Tuesday that argues free speech... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

SPEAKER FAIL: Paul Ryan Stacks Budget Full of Liberal Goodies – Will Pass With Dem Majority Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:12 AM PST Gateway Pundit | Jim Hoft Isn’t there a conservative out there somewhere who can challenge Paul Ryan in a primary? Different Republican Speaker – Same Liberal CrapNow we know why... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Putin praises Trump as an ‘outstanding, talented’ man Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:06 AM PST Vladimir Putin has described US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as an “unquestionably talented” man. “He is a very outstanding man, unquestionably talented,”... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Placemat propaganda: Harvard sorry for giving students tabletop talking points Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:04 AM PST Harvard administrators are crimson-faced over a misguided effort to get students ready for the holidays by handing out pointers to help them debate tuition-paying grownups who don’t know a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

UPDATE: How To Get #Adele 2016 Concert Tickets: 5 Pro Tips For Buying On Ticketmaster, Live Nation Posted: 17 Dec 2015 10:25 AM PST Tickets for Adele’s 2016 U.S. tour are selling out fast. Find out how to get tickets. Getting tickets to one of Adele’s 2016 concerts may seem like an impossible task. Luckily for fans of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

U.S. Republican Carson cancels Africa trip, And Jeb Bush is Sore Loser Posted: 17 Dec 2015 10:13 AM PST Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson canceled a trip planned for later this month to Africa that would have taken him to Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia due to what his campaign on Thursday...

Good morning from the nation's capital, where riled conservatives tell our Philip Wegmann they didn't know a giant spending bill changes immigration law to add "guest workers." Lawmakers also scrutinize how the government vets immigrants' use of Facebook and other social media for links to terrorism...

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Parenting in the Age of Awfulness Children are immersed in a culture that stokes disrespect. Here’s how to instill some civility.

Parenting in the Age of Awfulness

Children are immersed in a culture that stokes disrespect. Here’s how to instill some civility.

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LEONARD SAX

Dec. 17, 2015 7:04 p.m. ET

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Kyle was absorbed in a videogame on his cellphone, so I asked his mom, “How long has Kyle had a stomach ache?” Mom said, “I’m thinking it’s been about two days.” Then Kyle replied, “Shut up, mom. You don’t know what you’re talking about.” And he gave a snorty laugh, without looking up from his videogame. Kyle is 10 years old.

I have been a physician for 29 years. This sort of language and behavior from a 10-year-old was very rare in the 1980s and 1990s. It would have been unusual a decade ago. It is common today. America’s children are immersed in a culture of disrespect: for parents, teachers, and one another. They learn it from television, even on the Disney Channel, where parents are portrayed as clueless, out-of-touch or absent. They learn it from celebrities or the Internet. They learn it from social media. They teach it to one another. They wear T-shirts emblazoned with slogans like “I’m not shy. I just don’t like you.”

The challenge of raising children in America today is different from 30 or 50 years ago. Back then popular culture supported the authority of parents, whether it was the “Andy Griffith Show” in the 1960s or “Family Ties” in the 1980s. Kids are not born knowing how to be respectful. They have to be taught.

Multiple lines of evidence, including cohort studies such as the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, now demonstrates that disrespectful children are more likely to grow up to be anxious and depressed, three times more likely to be overweight, more likely to be fragile, less healthy and less creative, compared with respectful children.

But don’t give up hope. Just as I see children like Kyle in my office, I also see children who are courteous, respectful, happy and confident. Same race, ethnicity and household income. But the parents are different, and they parent differently.

For the past seven years I’ve been talking with parents and their children, trying to understand why some children are respectful even though most of their peers are not. The difference is in the parents.

Here’s some of what those parents have taught me: Require respectful behavior at all times. It’s OK to disagree. It’s never OK to be disrespectful. Prioritize the family. The family meal at home is more important than piling on after-school extracurricular activities. Instead of boosting self-esteem, teach humility. Fight the cultural imperative to be “awesome.”

Moreover, no screens when you are with your child. Put your cellphone away. No electronic devices at the dinner table. Teach the art of face-to-face conversation. No devices in a public setting, such as the doctor’s office. Govern your children’s use of social media, television and any device with a screen.

If you’re going to make a change, don’t be subtle. New Year’s Day is as good a time as any to sit down with your children and explain that there are going to be some changes in this household: changes in how we talk, in how we behave, in how we treat one another. It is possible to create a culture of respect in the home while living in the U.S. today. It isn’t easy, but it can be done.

Dr. Sax is a practicing physician in West Chester, Pa., and the author of “The Collapse of Parenting,” out this month from Basic Books