Spoiler: After kid came out to his parents as gay, they still love him just the same
A Huffington Post blogger named Amelia recently wrote a post about her 7-year-old son coming out to her and her husband. Not surprisingly, it’s received a zillion comments and not all of them nice and supportive. One reaction Amelia read a few times was, “But how does his father feel about this?”
Well, Amelia’s husband Dave has responded. Guess what, he loves his son. And not any less than if the kid were straight. And he’s not sad. He doesn’t bemoan the lack of hetero-normative activities his son will miss out on, because his son is 7 and who knows what sort of stuff he’ll be into? For now he loves sports. If one day he doesn’t, that’s fine by them. Is Dave sad that his son will never get married? Of course not, because if his son one day wants to get married, he can!! Read more...
Our most recent edition of the Bunch Poll in the National Post
A recent Time Magazine cover story, titled “The Chore Wars,” examines the amount of labour, both paid and unpaid, that men and women put into the household. Current research says that in families with young kids, where a mom and a dad both go to work, women are working just 20 more minutes each week. While it’s true that women spend more time on childcare, men make up for the difference by logging more hours at work. And yet, working moms report that they feel as though they’re doing more than their fair share.
We felt compelled to ask asked some hard working women whether or not this statistic – that working moms and dads put in basically the same amount of labour – rang true for them. Read more...
What we’re reading on the blogs today — science edition!
Curious as to what sort of effect the constant texting and steady stream of facebook updates has on your kids’ brains? Miles O’Brien tells PBS that the tech-savvy millennials might have better brains than we do. Via BoingBoing
Want your kids to get a start on that brain-boosting technology? Check out this interactive Cookie Monster science lesson video. Cookie and his pal Emma prompt the viewer to choose an object and then come up with a hypothesis as to what the object will do in a tank in water. Who knew Cookie could say “hypothesis”? Via BoingBoing
Scientists in South America have uncovered a previously unknown ancestor to the T. rex and other ancient predators. Its name is Eodromaeus (pronounced eyo-DRO-may-us) and it was only four feet long. Lightweight and quick-moving, the name means “Dawn Runner.” Excellent news if you have any budding paleontologists in your brood. Via Huffington Post. Read more...
RACIST CUPCAKES?! Yeah, we never thought we’d see those words together either until we saw it on The Stir. Duncan Hines has gone and made this “Hip Hop Cupcakes” ad to promote its new Amazing Glazes line. By adding a little flava to vanilla cupcakes, the cupcakes really seem to find their groove.. in blackface. We’re more uncomfortable with the cupcakes than when Roger Stirling dons similar makeup to serenade his stupid wife Jane.
Oh man do we need to see something positive now. Like art teacher Rama Hughes‘ collection of his students’ works on Flickr. Pretty awesome to think the California Landmarks series was all done by 9-year-olds. (Via Tiny Iron Fists)
Are you our Facebook fan? If you’re not, you missed out on our discovery of Awkward Pregnancy Photos. Pregnant Chicken curated this awesome, awesome gallery from Awkward Family Photos. We decided it was so good we had to post it again on the website. But join our Facebook group so you don’t miss any more fabulous internet finds!
Do you want parenting advice from Whitney Houston? Of course you do!! Babble collected nuggets of parenting wisdom from 25 celebrities, including Tina Fey, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Hugh Jackman. Angelina’s advice was disappointingly sensible. And Ms. Houston’s – “I think it’s a very important thing to allow our children to express themselves.”
Huffington Post blogger Jeanne Ponessa Fratello, has five tips to keep your kids eating healthy over the holidays. She advocates for routine and an abundance of parent-approved foods while not being militant about it at all. So… gingerbread + royal icing + smarties ≠balanced meal? Read more...
Dylan Kendall at the Huffington Post took part in a Play-Doh design challenge wherein kids recreated their favourite out of Play-Doh. While all the submissions in the photo gallery are impressive (We don’t recall going much beyond the spaghetti factory in terms of Play-Doh sculpture techniques), the purple shoes are a favourite.
Speaking of shoes – every purchased those light-up sneakers for your kid, envious that your own kicks didn’t give off a similar glow? No more! We saw these Electrolites on Thrillist and thought: awesome.
