Somehow, there is a new level of risque attained when you slap sexual messages on a four month old. I’m still trying NOT to picture this sweet little cherub
kicking about in a T-shirt with “I’m living proof my mum is easy” slapped on the front. Even if he does have four siblings, it [...]
I am far from a breast-feeding fascist, but I can’t help but take issue with Hanna Rosin’s recent article The Case Against Breast-Feeding (via the discussion at BlogHer). My objections have little to do with whether or not you should breast-feed. Actually, I could go on about the urban elite “ur-mother” types who strut their [...]
There has been quite a bit of buzz recently about Nebraska’s safe haven laws, intended to give a safe place for distraught mothers to drop off their unwanted infants. These laws are gaining in popularity as people are increasingly horrified at the occasional stories of infants left to die in dumpsters or other unseemly places, [...]
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What’s the matter with kids today? Well, Chris Erskine of the LA Times shares some thoughts, anyway. I think we are supposed to relate…hopefully you don’t, really, but I did struggle to not spew forth my mouthful of Assam over Erskine’s observation that perhaps there might be a better way.
“Maybe we should home-school him,” I [...]
Some things are just a little difficult to talk about with children. But some of these things can be deadly if not taken seriously. This post and the links associated contain very adult themes, but unfortunately discuss behaviors of children.
At least 82 youths have died from the so-called “choking game,” according to the [...]
As the primaries move forward and we think more and more about who our next president will be, Michel Smith of the Home School Legal Defense Association appears to be trying to re-invigorate support for the Parental Rights Amendment which would amend the US Constitution to explicitly protect the rights of parents to direct the [...]
Last week, the Cates at Why Homeschool introduced me to the meanest mom on the planet. She put an ad in the paper that says it all:
OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don’t love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a [...]
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