Good Girls Don’t Get Fat by Robyn Silverman My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is absolutely amazing, and I strongly recommend it to everyone. Yes, I said everyone. If you are a human being who is reading this post/review,…
Kids Today
Plinky said, “Name three advantages that kids born these days have over older generations. What about disadvantages? 1) The internet. I can hardly imagine what it would have been like to have ready access to so much information at an…
Who do you trust with your children?
I keep seeing news stories about kids dying in daycare or at the hands of other people to whom their parents have entrusted them, and every time there is so much shock and rage as if people can’t believe it’s…
TotD: Doris Lessing on Education
Doris Lessing, Introduction to The Golden Notebook Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: “You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system…
Best Star Wars Synopsis Evar!
http://www.youtube.com/v/EBM854BTGL0 Jen, the little one reminds me of Cherub! Hat tip to Noël Figart 😉
Reading
So, the Crazy Hip Blog Mamas want me to talk about what reading means to me or my child. How about both? You might have noticed that I talk, a lot, about reading. I think Now Reading shows at least four…
Study: ADHD kids’ brain areas develop slower — CNN.com
Expert: Finding shows the biological basis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Crucial parts of brains of children with attention deficit disorder develop more slowly than other youngsters’ brains, a phenomenon that earlier brain-imaging research missed, a new study says. Developing more…