http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/?refid=0 Everyday truths about the families we grow up in and the ones we choose later on. Copyright 2008, Minnesota Public Radio Fri, 09 May 2008 10:54:21 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Nanci Olesen Long before Mother's Day was a Hallmark card holiday, Julia Ward Howe suggested a day in which mothers stand together to proclaim peace. In my work throughout the years as commmentator about motherhood issues, I have often highlighted her... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/05/the_roots_of_mothers_day.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/05/the_roots_of_mothers_day.shtml Fri, 09 May 2008 10:54:21 CDT Nanci Olesen Last Tuesday night at the UBS Forum here at Minnesota Public Radio, about 40 teenagers gathered to talk about community and civic involvement. Civic involvement is the act of being involved in a community's policies and laws. It's active participation... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/05/youth_speak_up_about_civic_inv.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/05/youth_speak_up_about_civic_inv.shtml Mon, 05 May 2008 15:05:36 CDT Nanci Olesen "I can hold her hand and you can feel that there's something much deeper than words can ever express, so that's how we communicate. But she's slipping away." Mary Louise Clary is describing what it feels like to be... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/04/sandwich_generation_caregivers.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/04/sandwich_generation_caregivers.shtml Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:52:20 CDT Nanci Olesen Many grandparents are stepping in to raise their grandkids these days. Sometimes it's because the parents have been deployed. Lloyd Lano and his wife Susan got to be full time grandparents a few years ago when his daughter was called... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/04/grandpa_remembers_active_duty.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/04/grandpa_remembers_active_duty.shtml Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:52:48 CDT Nanci Olesen April Fool's Day. I want to call it the ultimate family holiday. It's just an opportunity to horse around. And you PROBABLY won't get in trouble for it. What could be better than to shake up the daily routine with... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/get_ready_for_april_fools_day.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/get_ready_for_april_fools_day.shtml Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:38:22 CDT Nanci Olesen The number of grandparents raising their grandchildren continues to rise. In Minnesota, 48,000 children live in homes headed by grandparents. That number has more than doubled since the 1990's. The Minnesota Kinship Caregivers Association, a group that provides support to... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/when_grandparents_raise_the_ki.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/when_grandparents_raise_the_ki.shtml Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:59:03 CDT Nanci Olesen One in four teenage girls in the U. S. has a sexually transmitted disease. This statistic, from a first-of-its-kind study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 24 percent of girls ages 14 to 19 have at... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/new_study_says_one_in_four_tee.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/new_study_says_one_in_four_tee.shtml Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:40:22 CDT Nanci Olesen The high school student next to me on the bus this morning was falling asleep. We were zooming onto 94 East, heading toward St. Paul. The sun was just rising over the Mississippi River. It might have been the heat... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/teenagers_need_more_sleep.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/teenagers_need_more_sleep.shtml Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:16:21 CDT Nanci Olesen It’s crunch time for parents right now. It’s time to make summer plans for kids. Summer is many weeks away, but camps are filling up right now . Most parents I talked to were feeling the strain of finances as... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/nows_the_time_to_plan_summer_s_1.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/nows_the_time_to_plan_summer_s_1.shtml Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:15:05 CST Nanci Olesen What do you do when you were adopted at birth and you want to find out who your birth parents are? In Minnesota, you must first find the agency where your adoption took place. Sometimes this information is hard to... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/when_youre_adopted_how_do_you_2.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/03/when_youre_adopted_how_do_you_2.shtml Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:41:54 CST Nanci Olesen “…and I started to feel the very first stirrings of spring fever.” That was the end of a conversation I overheard on the 94 express bus from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul this morning. Then: “March can be so... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/preparing_for_a_31_day_march.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/preparing_for_a_31_day_march.shtml Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:01:17 CST Nanci Olesen What do you do when your ninth grade daughter wants to see Juno, the coming-of-age story that’s making it big in movie theaters right now? The movie, nominated for Best Picture, tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who gets... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/talking_about_juno.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/talking_about_juno.shtml Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:10:30 CST Nanci Olesen What do you hear when ten parents of college freshmen gather in a St. Paul living room to talk about the process of “letting go” of their kids? You hear a single mom say that she’s already let two of... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/letting_go.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/letting_go.shtml Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:42:58 CST Nanci Olesen There’s a book called The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families. I read it back in the nineties. I found author Mary Pipher’s analysis of the ways that our families have changed in the last one hundred years intriguing.... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/sheltering_each_other_2.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/sheltering_each_other_2.shtml Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:41:17 CST Nanci Olesen How’s the family? And, how’s that grocery bill? Have you noticed that food prices are on the rise? Are you eating less meat or buying fewer eggs? The price of dairy products has risen more than 13 percent over the... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/food_prices_on_the_rise_1.shtml?refid=0 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/hows_the_family/archive/2008/02/food_prices_on_the_rise_1.shtml Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:04:36 CST