What we’re reading today:
1. There are some 20 million only children in the U.S., so why does there still seem to be some sort of stigma about an only child?
2. The Christian Right is getting upset with the Girl Scouts, first because they raise pesky little feminists, and then because they had the gall to admit transkids who identified as female. Oh you Fundamentalists! Why can’t you be the nice Christian let’s-love-and-accept-everybody-and-play-fair” Christian?
3. Do politics belong on kids’ toys and television? Some parents are upset about the lack of breastfeeding on Sesame Street because they use to show a heck of a lot more of it and now not so much.Other parents are pushing Mattel to create a bald Barbie to push more cancer awareness. Niche market sure, but that might be really nice for kids whose moms/aunts/cousins might be going through chemo therapy.
