Here's our daily list of articles from across the Web about faith and family-related topics as well as our other four areas of emphasis: education, causes, media and moneywise.

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FAMILY

The lie about falling in love — Relevant magazine

10 promises you need to make to your future spouse — The Good Men Project

US birthrate falls — again — Forbes

Statistical definition of 'family' unchanged since 1930 — U.S. Census Bureau

4 things your child needs more than a big birthday party — The Federalist

Why I won't let unvaccinated people around my kids — CNN

Child obesity rates 'levelling off' among under-10s — BBC

What do I get if I'm good? — Christianity Today

FAITH

Why Christians shouldn't feel threatened by the Big Bang theory — Relevant magazine

5 things you shouldn't say to your pastor — Relevant magazine

Why listening to music is kind of ... like a prayer — Wondering Sound

What separates the Bible from a book of moral fables? — Patheos

'Does God care if your favorite football team wins?' and other theological concerns — Christ and Pop Culture

'Pop Up Church' aims to reach millennials — BP News

Can singleness make sense when evangelicals focus on the family? — OnFaith

I'm a Christian, but I've forgotten how to belong to the church — Christianity Today

EDUCATION

Family outraged after girl with autism leaves school in the middle of the day unsupervised — The Huffington Post

Students angered after college sends students with high BMIs invite to weight loss program — BuzzFeed

Why it's so hard to talk to our daughters about campus rape — Time magazine

Why teens are impulsive, addiction-prone and should protect their brains — Mind/Shift

More special needs students remain at charter schools, report finds — The New York Times

The folly of banning Yik Yak on school campuses — Pacific Standard

True or false? Free and reduced-price = poor — NPR

The true meaning of love, as told by the most beautiful lines in literature — Mic

Dartmouth cites student misconduct in its ban on hard liquor — The New York Times

No one knows how to stop campus alcohol abuse — The Atlantic

Getting credit for what you know — The Atlantic

Ordinary kids read as infrequently as ordinary adults: less than 5 books per year — Forbes

MEDIA

The father missing from Marshawn Lynch's life — USA Today

The 'Xmas Jammies' family is back with a viral Super Bowl commercial — USA Today

Disney reveals first Latina princess, Princess Elena — BBC

'Fifty Shades': Now on sale at Target — The Federalist

Why 'Parenthood' was the best show on TV — The Daily Signal

Why you might start seeing women upload pictures online with smeared lipstick — The Blaze

Is Snapchat really confusing, or am I just old? — Slate

Joss Whedon clarifies his comments about misogyny in superhero movies — BuzzFeed

CAUSES

How a social media campaign is helping the homeless connect with long-lost loved ones — The Huffington Post

How average Americans can give to charity like billionaires — Time magazine

University re-imagines town and gown relationship in Philadelphia — NPR

School choice: The best solution to reducing poverty — Education News

Some businesses say immigrant workers are harder to find — NPR

Rich or poor, we all behave badly — Pacific Standard

Growing up poor has effects on your children even if you escape poverty — Pacific Standard

The rich, the poor, and whether tax policies live or die — The Atlantic

Why can't public transit be free? — CityLab

'New Generation' of wars, epidemics, disasters harming 60 million children — HuffPost Impact

MONEYWISE

Why you should tell your children how much you make — The New York Times

Money, not martial status, has the most impact on how parents raise kids — Slate

How to start a business with very little money — The Wall Street Journal

How to get a job that's out of your league — BBC

Men's pay has 'fallen more than women's in real terms' — BBC

Why the super-successful get depressed — Forbes

Emailing your future self — Pacific Standard

The key to long-term success in one daily formula — Quartz

4 office culture killers and how to avoid them — Fast Company

Stop exploiting young workers: Here's an alternative to unpaid internships that works — The Los Angeles Times

A guy created a 'sexist tip calculator' that stiff female servers to highlight the wage gap — BuzzFeed

What (some) Silicon Valley women think of Newsweek — Tech Crunch

Amazon's profit shows how few people understand the way the company works — Business Insider

BONUS: WELLNESS

8-year-old girl suggests a possible cure for cancer — Fox News

Bedtime 'has huge impact on sport' — BBC

Getting over your fear of missing out — Medium

You aren't a crutch: You can't save people who won't save themselves — Elite Daily

Here's an easy way to tell when you're going to die — Fox News

Sleeping well now protects your brain in the future, study finds — Fox News

How to remember things like a 20-year-old — The Huffington Post

Why punishment doesn't help psychopathic criminals — Newsweek

Friends with weight-loss benefits — The Los Angeles Times

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The hygiene hypothesis: How being too clean might be making us sick — Vox

Why journaling is good for your health — Fast Company

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