News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Want to give your kid an unusual name? One couple in Israel have named their baby girl Like, as in, the Facebook thumbs up action. Says the dad, “If once people gave Biblical names and that was the icon, then today [the Facebook Like] is one of the most famous icons in the world.” Via Mommyish
2. The botoxing mom from Good Morning America has lost custody of her 8-year-old. Via Jezebel
3. Junior Kumon. It’s a thing. You can start them at age 3, or younger so long as your kid can sit still for 15 minutes and pay attention. Via New York Times Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. How big is too big for a stroller? Salon talks to the Laura Miller about her Too Big for Stroller blog. Miller says, “When the kid’s knees are bent up, when their feet are dragging on the ground,” they’re probably too big.
2. Speaking of judging other people’s parenting skills, why do we like calling Amy Chua terrifying, or glaring at the mom whose child is out of reach at the playground?
3. Is good daycare cost prohibitive? Some moms have launched a task force to deal with this issue.
4. Remember hearing about that San Francisco mom who wanted to give her daughter a head start on her inevitable rise to stardom by giving her botox? Bellasugar says it’s all a hoax. Jezebel adds the story about a mom tattooing her daughter’s eyebrows. So yeah, Jezebel says we don’t need to be worrying about botoxing etc for grades twos. Read more...
