Family

... How much more can government do to intrude upon one's beliefs, parental duties, responsibilities, and rights? ....

...Meanwhile, an HRC leader is busted for homosexual child molestation in Oregon....

...children exposed to adverse childhood experiences....

We don’t need lawmakers deciding what therapies should be supported or legal....

January 27, 2016 was the last day to introduce bills....

Interested persons must attend a mandatory CASA training program....

Hawai'i Family Advocates President and CEO Duke Aiona shares his thoughts on the start of the 2016 Hawai'i State Legislative session....

The 2016 Legislative Session Starts Wednesday, January 20th at 10:00 a.m....

Statewide, about 18.5% of two-adult couples with no children and 45.5% of two-adult couples with two children had incomes below the self-sufficiency standard....

We are only days away from the opening of the Hawaii State Legislature....

The average score for cities in Hawaii is 49 out of 100 points, which falls below the national average of 56. Hawaii: 57, Honolulu: 57, Kalawao: 36, Kauai: 47, Maui: 60....

HFA’s vision is creating a community where families are strong, all human life is valued and religious liberty flourishes....

With more than half of all adults in the U.S. being single....

More than half of these victims are underage, with the average age of entry into prostitution being 12 years old....

AN OPEN SECRET opened to critical acclaim this summer in Seattle, Denver, New York and Los Angeles...now coming to Honolulu....

...the War on Poverty has launched a massive bureaucracy and a plethora of government programs that have negatively impacted the American family....

Raising a family in the Aloha State comes at a high price....

The new policy also requires that a description of the curriculum used by the school to be made available to parents before instruction starts....

In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....

...there is a tipping point, when a community moves away from being a family friendly environment and begins a steep decline towards drug use, crime and gang membership....

...the percent of single-mother households of all family households with own minor children was 18.9% in Hawai‘i versus 24.1% in the nation....

...the Governor of American Samoa candidly questions whether the ruling applies in that U.S. territory....

...assisted-suicide groups are preparing to spend big money in Hawai'i to establish doctor-assisted death next legislative session....

Students in Hawaii will be subject to sex-ed classes with an emphasis on pregnancy prevention rather than abstinence, whether they or their parents like it or not....

...six available options for teaching sex education to middle school students....

August is Child Support Awareness Month ....

...foster care payment was just $529 per month, as the state had refused to increase it for nearly 25 years....

Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....

Children from households with income at or below the following levels are eligible for free or reduced-price meals....

“The high cost of living in Hawaii amplifies the hardship that many of our low-income and poor families face...."

Family caregivers in Hawaii provided 144 million hours of care – worth an estimated $2.1 billion....

No more than 48 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court redefined marriage for all 50 states, calls to revoke the tax-exempt status for churches began....

Approximately 85 percent of HIV cases in Hawaii occur in men....

...96.8% of Hawaii Gays stay outside 'Marriage'....

...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....

...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....

Staff at the Human Rights Campaign last fall described the working environment at the nation’s largest LGBT rights group as “judgmental,” “exclusionary,” “sexist,” and “homogenous” ...

...the Board itself failed to properly disclose that the “opt-out” policy was once again being considered....

The median income for families (dad present) with kids younger than 18 adjusted for cost of living is two times higher in the District of Columbia than in Hawaii....

Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)....

"...only if the student’s parent or legal guardian provides prior consent.…"

WalletHub compared each of the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 30 key metrics. Our data set ranges from crime rates to school system rankings to housing costs....

Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....

The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....

...I am awarding the title of “Biggest Loser” at the 2015 Legislature to families....

...we’re all entitled to our own truth, which we can shape and color and carry around like a fashion accessory. Capital T Truth is, like, so 20th century....

A recent case to be heard by the Supreme Court may seem harmless on its face, but has much deeper ramifications for people of faith, and especially families....

My father experimented with my make-up and clothes....

The complete video from the presentation at the State Capitol Auditorium....