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Naomi Schaefer Riley

Naomi Schaefer Riley is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Deseret News contributor and the author of “No Way to Treat a Child: How the Foster Care System, Family Courts, and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives,” among other books.

In this 2016 file photo, two people walk on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, Wyo.
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Perspective: College women should have the right to single-sex housing
A lawsuit over a transgender student in Wyoming highlights the need for single-sex spaces.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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The rise of ‘mommunes’ is nothing to celebrate
Communities of single mothers may solve some problems of child rearing, but they generate others.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Perspective: Don’t call it ‘bullying’ when it’s something far worse
The long history of hatred gets lost when everything is reduced to lessons on how to be kind.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Ray Romano and the dilemma of every sports parent
A new movie shows a dad who is heavily involved with his son’s sport. But what happens when we miss too much?
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Why national controversies influence what books your local library stocks
Will our communities ever return to a point where decisions can be made without the input of Twitter or the courts?
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
A synagogue in Rome is pictured Nov. 13, 2015.
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What a Seder in Rome taught my family about ritual and community
Tradition is not just about following religious laws. It’s also about performing the same rituals year in and year out, no matter where we are.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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How a sense of agency corresponds with mental health
Religious conservatives believe that small actions by individuals can make a difference, while secular people think they have no control.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
Tayler Sumsion walks with his family and others around the Salt Lake City-County Building to honor foster care families.
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Perspective: Utah is leading the way in caring for foster children
A new report finds that 61% of Utah infants were adopted within 18 months, compared with fewer than 15% nationally.
By Sarah Font and Naomi Schaefer Riley
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The American dream isn’t just about money
When we talk about achieving the American dream, we rarely mention the kind of family structure that is most conducive to economic success.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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What ‘impostor syndrome’ says about our schools
Younger women are more likely than baby boomers to report feeling insecure about their abilities. Could the problem have something to do with the education they received?
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Work is important, but it’s not family
Companies are trying to build family like cultures, even while laying people off.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
A marriage certificate from 1866.
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Parents, it’s time to talk to your kids about marriage
Children need to know that marriage can be a bedrock for a lifetime of fulfillment, and steel them through hard times and tragedy.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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When the internet compels you to play dead
The story of romance author Susan Meachen shows just how far some people will go to escape a toxic internet addiction.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Perspective: The Romeo and Juliet lawsuit raises a question: where were their parents?
There are few adults who care more about protecting a child’s mind from harmful images than parents.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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AI, your college student and the end of individual achievement
Colleges and high schools are increasingly reluctant to test students’ abilities. Artificial intelligence apps won’t help.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Parents are responsible for their children’s screen use, not the government
Kate Winslet is right that the world of social media and cyberbullying is disturbing. But there are steps parents can take to protect their children.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
A Balenciaga store is pictured on May 7, 2022, in New York City.
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From Ye to Balenciaga, artistic license shouldn’t mean anything goes
When it’s not art but pornography, it’s past time to push back
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes walks into federal court in San Jose, Calif., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.
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Perspective: Should babies be in prison with their mothers?
The sentence given to Elizabeth Holmes, who is pregnant, brings to the fore a problem in criminal justice — what to do about new mothers convicted of crimes.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Perspective: Adulting is hard, even for adults
Children take longer to launch than in the past. How long should parents continue to help them?
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Attachment theory is not racist
A long-established theory of child development is being challenged by a progressive ideology. If it prevails, children will suffer.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
In this painting by Gillis Mostaert, Lot and his daughters are guided by angels from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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How do you know when it’s time to leave a neighborhood, a state or a country?
Angela Lansbury, who died this week, moved her family to escape potential calamity, just as her mother did.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
A model walks the runway in a design by Marissa Tampoya during Pittsburgh Fashion Week’s designer runway show, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at Wintergarden at PPG Place in Pittsburgh.
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When it comes to fashion, less isn’t more
Paint isn’t appropriate attire, but neither is a sports bra. Some young women haven’t gotten the memo.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
The Wing, a women’s only co-working space and organization, is pictured April 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
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Perspective: The real reason the all-women workspace failed
Sisterhood is not as powerful as some people claim, and women can learn from male coworkers, too.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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If gender doesn’t matter, why do female politicians say they’re better because they’re women?
Politicians always say ridiculous things, but lately they’re getting worse.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Freeze your eggs for later? What Mindy Kaling isn’t telling you
The comedian and actress says that egg freezing enables women to have children ‘on their own terms,” making fathers unnecessary.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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What’s really behind the recent push for more sex ed?
With states passing strict abortion laws, some people are calling for more sex education, but most women seeking abortions are way past school age.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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The rise of ‘trauma funding’: How it’s hurting nonprofits and the people who run them
Nonprofits should be evaluated by their results, not the retelling of tragic stories.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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What ‘family’ means to New York elites
The New Yorker’s ‘family issue’ is out and starkly shows the divide between media elites and the rest of us.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
President Joe Biden responds to a question about Russian President Vladimir Putin in the East Room of the White House.
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Politicians don’t seem to respect us. Is that why we don’t respect them?
Politicians are talking down to Americans and will pay for it in future elections.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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Perspective: Why are college students lonely? Changes at Stanford may be a clue
College campuses devoid of purpose and community are producing students who are aimless and sad.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
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