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
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.