The latest on
HOT TOPICS TALK RADIO
|
5/8/19
Friends and Acquaintances - How many do you have? Throughout our years of childhood and teenage years, we develop relationships with the neighborhood kids and classmates which we referred to as friendships. But has we move into adulthood those “friendships” seem to dwindle as we move in different circles and gain different interests. Research has found that the average adult today, has on average 4.1 true friends. Then there are what we refer to as acquaintances - those who you may not see often or only have brief encounters at functions or events. How do you categorize the people in your life? And how do you come to that conclusion? |
|
|
5/1/19
Single and pressured to have a baby? According to the US Census Bureau, single motherhood has grown so common in America that as of 2018, 11.3 million families in the US were headed by a single parent, 81% of which were headed by a female. Approximately, 4 out 10 children were born to unwed mothers. Nearly two-thirds were born to mothers under the age of 30. Today 1 in 4 children under the age of 18 — a total of about 16.4 million — are being raised without a father. Of all single-parent families in the U.S., single mothers make up the majority. With these statistics in mind, why do so many single women and men feel pressured to have a child? Pressure to have a child may come from many areas. Unwed men and women may feel the pressures coming from their parents, friends, their significant other, or even society. Should a woman give in to a man to have children when there is no promise of commitment or marriage? And should a man be pressured to have children because the woman whines, “But all my friends have children!!”? |
|
|
4/24/19
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the Shut out of Transgenders "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994. The "don't ask" part of the DADT policy specified that superiors should not initiate investigation of a service member's orientation without witnessing disallowed behaviors, though credible evidence of homosexual behavior could be used to initiate an investigation. Unauthorized investigations and harassment of suspected servicemen and women led to an expansion of the policy to "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue, don't harass". From the creation of the United States military to 1960, there was no ban on transgender people from serving or enlisting the United States military. However from 1960 to June 30, 2016, there was a blanket ban on all transgender people from serving and enlisting in the United States military. From June 30, 2016 to April 11, 2019, transgender personnel in the United States military were allowed to serve in their preferred gender upon completing transition. From January 1, 2018 to April 11, 2019, transgender individuals could enlist in the United States military under the condition of being stable for 18 months in their preferred or biological gender. But on April 12, 2019, things change under the Trump Administration. A Directive Memorandum (19-004), was enacted, citing that transgender personnel in the United States military are not allowed to serve or enlist in the United States military, except if they serve in their biological gender. What is the point of this new directive if a transgender individual is forced to serve under his biological gender? Why is is so hard for an individual to just live as they wish, without the darkness of discrimination, especially when they are trying to serve their country like anyone else - straight or gay? Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/-fWrm-G2rxI |
|
|
4/10/19
In Charge and Bossy – Do men like it? Today, we may hear most often than not, that today’s woman is more opinionated, assertive and aggressive than ever before. Today’s woman is so not the “Leave it to Beaver” Mom of the 1960s. Women today have taken on rolls as the provider, caregiver, teacher, nurturer, and so much more. These super women cannot afford to be weak or docile. They have to dig their heels into the dirt to stand firm on what needs to be done for themselves and their family. So how do men feel when the woman has to take charge? Are they intimidated by a woman’s assertiveness? Are men turned on by a bossy and sometimes aggressive behavior? Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/vLYheu_xius |
|
|
4/3/19
Parent or Child: Who Should be calling who? When a mother or father finds themselves as a single parent, they hope the other parent would co-parent in raising the child - but it doesn’t always work out that way. At best when the parent is not in the home, there is hope that he/she will spend time with the child, or at least have open communication with the child. But more now than ever, absent parents are ditching even a phone call. Today, 11.3 million families in the US are headed by a single parent. This means that there are a gross number of absent parents who are not owning their responsibility to communicate with their children. Although the phone dials and rings both ways, some absent mothers and fathers believe that the child should be reaching out. On this episode of HTTR-TV, the topic was suggested by Brandon Smith, who was struck by a post that addressed the issue of parents who put the responsibility of calling and reaching out on the shoulders of the child. Should the child be held responsible to communicate with his/her parent? Or, should the parent take the adult road of responsibility of reaching out to the child? Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/hES8QhMJ1V0 |
|
If you missed the live broadcast, the recording is available in our ARCHIVES
Past Shows |
Follow & Msg TWITTER |
|
Go to the ARCHIVES page to catch-up on all past shows!
By clicking on the show titles, you can listen to past broadcasts of all of the network's shows. Thank you for continuing to support The Hot Topics Talk Radio Network! See the full list of shows, below, going back as far to our launch date, October 2011. |
