Bunchland

What we’re reading today:

1. Parents say they’d like more time to help teach their kids.

2. Cheerios is introducing a new peanut butter flavour, but since Cheerios are such a toddler standard and their food gets all over the place, moms of nut-allergic kids are rather concerned.

3. Some really, really dumb school in Atlanta is teaching racism. Like, how many beatings will a slave get in a week if they’re beaten twice a day. We’re not kidding. How does this happen?

4. One psychologist says that to deny kids what they want shows your prejudice against children, or childist. We think the Veruca Salt photo is pretty apt.

5. Ah Maurice Sendak! Why was there no Where the Wild Things Are 2? Go to hell!

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What we’re reading on the blogs today:

We’re big fans of the work Unicef does. So when they told us about their Portable North Pole app that enables you to send video messages from Santa to family and friends (A last-minute threat for good behaviour or else?) we were all over it. Videos are free to send, but if you want to download a copy of the video, a portion of your purchase goes to Unicef. They also do Gifts of Magic — send items like school pencils, mosquito nets and water purification tablets to kids in need. Send these gifts on behalf of loved ones, or maybe have your young ones pick out some items they would like to send.  Read more...