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

Some of these stories will find their way to The Pulse, a curated list of the top news stories of the day on our homepage. Others will pop up in our articles. So scan the entire list below or focus on the section that interests you most, and don't forget to send us your feedback. For tips and suggestions, email hscribner@deseretdigital.com.

FAMILY

David Brooks: The big decisions — The New York Times

Political preferences and marital stability in Europe — Family Studies

The way this dad reacted when his son chose a doll for a gift is priceless — The Huffington Post

What drives helicopter parenting? Not control, but fear — Big Think

Parenting after childhood trauma: Workshop seeks to assist abuse survivors — The Oregonian

Pregnant women's diet linked to baby heart risk — BBC

Gretchen's Take: How many babies are born in the U.S. each year to illegal immigrants? — Fox News

'Jeopardy' couple Maryanne Lewell and Mike Townes are the peak of nerd dreams — The Huffington Post

Extroverts sparkle, introverts glow: What you bring to the dating game — The Huffington Post

Adolescent friendships linked to adult health — Pacific Standard

Regular mealtimes make you eat more healthily, study finds — TIME

Home care workers to be paid more, but on whose dime? — Forbes

FAITH

God doesn’t need you to go viral — Christianity Today

Riding bikes for Jesus — The Atlantic

What criticism should actually look like — RELEVANT

5 things we can learn from the Ashley Madison scandal — RELEVANT

How to develop opinions worth having — RELEVANT

The right way to question God — OnFaith

The long rise of the secular faith — Mosaic magazine

New England church faces huge role in slave trade — Newser

EDUCATION

Common Core meets VBS — Christianity Today

Kansas public school takes down portrait of Jesus after complaint — The Huffington Post

Here’s how Hurricane Katrina changed schools in New Orleans — The Daily Signal

8 back to school recipes that'll make you the coolest kid at the lunch table — Mashable

Too many law students, too few legal jobs — The New York Times

IBM's school could fix education — and tech's diversity gap — WIRED

Where are the women in tech? Coding bootcamps — Fast Company

MEDIA

YouTube's battle against ISIS — The Huffington Post

Stephen Colbert gets celebrity faith right — RELEVANT

Celine Dion shares her husband's last wishes — Newser

Facebook wants to redline your friends list — Pacific Standard

Facebook rolls out 'Donate' button for nonprofits — Mashable

6 features Netflix needs right now — The Daily Dot

CAUSES

The Marriage Gap: Almost all new parents are married if rich; Few are married if poor. Why? — Marriage Foundation

Why an NYC restaurant pays servers $25 an hour — Newser

Life after Hurricane Katrina — The Atlantic

At a shelter of last resort, decency prevailed over depravity — NPR

In New Orleans, business is booming—for some — CityLab

For Brazil's 1 percenters, the land stays in the family forever — NPR

How Ohio set a new record for minority business engagement — The Huffington Post

MONEYWISE

You are how much you work — Christianity Today

What every 20-something should do now to be more successful — Fortune

Post this where your co-workers can see it — Forbes

Study: Why you never seem to know what day of the week it is — Quartz

Two weeks of vacation time -- are you kidding me? – Forbes

Starbucks baristas told to be kind to worried investors — Newser

Despair to dark humor: Investors react to China stock market plunge — CNN

Yes, tech startups, this stock market will cut you too — Mashable

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How much do startup founders pay themselves—and other questions you were too afraid to ask — Quartz

Why Chipotle is going on a 4,000-person, one-day hiring spree — Quartz

How to save money with Verizon's new plans — CNN Money

Herb Scribner is a writer for Deseret News National. Send him an email at hscribner@deseretdigital.com or follow him on Twitter @herbscribner.

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