News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. A husband and wife both want to be parents, just not at the same time.
2. There are at least two beach resorts in Florida that advertise themselves as “autism-friendly.” The staff have been trained to meet the needs of autistic guests. Innovative!
3. Have you heard about this Chicago school teacher who, after forgetting to bring a lunch one day, decided to eat in the cafeteria with the kids? She was disgusted and from then on chronicled the school lunches on an anonymous blog. Now she’s got a book, Fed Up With Lunch.
4. Barack Obama doesn’t want his girls watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians, but Michelle Obama says she doesn’t mind as long as Sasha and Malia take away the right message: that Kim’s wedding was krazy. My takeaway: Michelle Obama watches the Kardashians with her daughters. Yes!!! Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Want to get in your kid’s teacher’s good books? Don’t assume they’re “the strict one” and schedule time to meet one-on-one rather than ambush them after school.
2. How one dad learned about autism from his son and a follow-up question from a fan of his memoir.
3. How do you explain sex and babies and all that to kids? Go with the stork explanation or wait to see what their teachers come up with? Check out these teaching aid sex-ed dolls from around the world.
4. Want to ensure your kids eat their lunch at school? Get them involved with the shopping, preparation and packing of the lunch.
5. Beauty and the Beast is a classic that teaches kids how what’s truly important is how beautiful/kind/whatever you are on the inside. But just what is Belle thinking on the inside? Hey Girl! Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. An anti-vaccine group has taken out a huge video ad in Times Square, claiming they have “the facts,” but pro-vaccine groups say that a giant ad like this could cost thousands of kids their lives. Salon’s Rahul Parikh says, “high-profile defenses of vaccines are still few and far between.” Do we need to hear what the anti-vaccinationists have to say, or are they causing, as one medical ethicist says, “nothing less than a scandal”?
2. One 10-year-old girl is sick of the boys who stereotype all girls as pink-loving, doll-toting, nail polish-wearing girlie girls. Here’s what she has to say to them.
3. Tennessee has passed a “Don’t Say Gay” bill that prohibits the discussion of anything non-hetero before grade nine. This sounds very healthy and accepting. We’re quite sure this won’t have any negative consequences for young teenagers either having to deal with their own non-hetero sexuality or being tolerant of others. It’s not like there’ve been any crises involving gay teens recently. Read more...
