2. And it’s just not getting any easier for toddlers, they’re psychopaths. Is your kid a psychopath? There’s a checklist to find out.
3. The Motherlode’s KJ Dell’Antonia took her kids to the New Hampshire primary. When it comes to teaching kids about US politics, can’t I just throw on a few episodes of the West Wing?
4. Have you seen Kourtney Kardashian and her mommyblogging? We keep meaning to check it out but haven’t gotten around to it. Jezebel says it’s kinda useless. Yeah, we could see that, but we kinda like Kourtney anyway. She is the woman who introduced us to those alcohol test strips for breastmilk, after all.
5. And the latest in those Shit ___ say: Shit Mom Bloggers say.
4. So yeah, that kid who told Michele Bachmann his gay mom doesn’t need fixing: Should we use kids in politics? With the Bachmann thing, we’d like to believe it was kid coming up with the idea, then getting shy and his mom just encouraging him, not pushing him.
Hey Ontario Bunchlanders! Remember to get out to vote tomorrow! And when you’re at your local polling station, our friends at the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario are asking you to think about which party best serves your kids and our education system.
Meri Perra blogs about the challenges she and her partner face in trying to raise their girls with feminist values
We’re probably all tired of election recap this late in the game. So I’ll make my talk brief:
The morning after, as I walked around double-checking news sources to make sure I had fully understood what had happened (Quebec), mom brain and all (Quebec!), I had two separate conversations with friends. Their emotional reaction to the election surprised me. Both have professions rooted in the sciences. They are both married to men and are not particularly politically involved, although they are definitely informed. Both were extremely unhappy about our new government.
Also, in very different ways, they had talked to their preschool-aged children about the election. Read more...
And while we assume many Youtube videos from one’s youth would not be helpful when on the campaign trail, Future Jesse can actually claim that he’s always felt the need to get involved and make his state great. But what kinds of extra services will the state provide once Gov. Jesse raises property taxes? (Were we registered New Jersey voters, we’d vote for him based on the fact that his interest in politics seemingly comes from Gov. Schwarzenegger’s role as the Kindergarten Cop)
His parents really shouldn’t be so dismissive of his desire to run. After all, he’s not going to run in college.
