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We love us some libraries
The library isn’t just a refuge from frosty weather; it’s also an excellent resource for fun. Aside from offering free books for winter nesting, your local branch can help you get creative with indoor activities while you also get a dose of culture, history, and support your community. Added bonus: it’s all free. Since we can’t think of a better way to spend a snowy Saturday afternoon than hanging out in a heritage building drinking hot chocolate and making dream catchers, we’ve rounded up 6 ways you can make the most of your library this winter.
1. Get inspired about DIY home projects. Winter is the best time to get down and dirty with a new hobby, and the library is hobby central. Sign out some how-to books and prepare to devote some time to a hobby you can do with your kids that you can both get excited about. Maybe it’s making awesome snow jars, crafting beady and feathery dream catchers, or putting together a time capsule. Whatever it is, there’s a book to help you at the library. Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. How do you feel about publisher-sponsored story-time in malls when libraries are in danger of so many cuts?
2. Two of our pals, HerBadMother Catherine Connors and PhDinParenting Annie Urban take opposite sides in the great formula advertising debate. Should formula ads be banned, or would banning them make women who have difficulty breastfeeding just feel shameful failures at motherhood?
3. Remember that study that found men’s testosterone levels dropped once they became fathers? Here’s what some dads said.
4. Hoping an anonymous donor will help you grow you very own Weasley? The world’s largest sperm bank is turning away redheads.
5. And who watched (or read the highlights of) the Emmys last night? Modern Family got a whole whack of awards, including best supporting roles for Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell. Let’s look at a classic Phil and Claire moment: Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. A mom writes to Cary Tennis to say her 6-year-old daughter might prefer to be her 6-year-old son instead. The mom’s taken her daughter to get her hair cut short and to dress in her older brother’s hand-me-downs, but the neighbours are getting all judgey. What should she do?
2. Ever leave your partner alone with the kids when you have to go away for work? (or fun?) Do you leave your partner with an extensive list?
3. Sometimes, you just have to pull your kid from one class and put them into another.
4. A word of warning to all you mothers with cheerful, laughing babies: A mom in Georgia was using the library’s computers to prepare for a job interview, but her toddler laughed too loud and she was asked to leave. When she refused, she made a bit of a scene and now could be facing a year in jail. Read more...
