I’ve been looking for some for the last several days — apparently Ethan has been on the receiving end of racist sentiments at school recently, and he’s really confused and hurt by it. Because E is such a big reader, I figured we could look at something together and talk about it. My [...]
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And Twenty Years of Market Research Will Afford Us Greater Social Selectivity for Children’s Games
Published January 15th, 2008 in Children, Games and Racism. 0 CommentsOr, how to win Guess Who? in one move:
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In Case You Need More Evidence That The Healthcare System is F*ed Up
Published September 1st, 2007 in Children and Health. 5 CommentsAlmost 1 in 4 of all children in the Virginia foster care system is there because their parents couldn’t afford mental health care. Because the parents can’t afford mental health care for their children, whether it’s unavailable or unaffordable, they give up parental rights so their bipolar, schizophrenic, and depressed children are eligible for [...]
LEGO Zelda
Published August 18th, 2007 in Children, E, Entertainment, Movies and Suburbia. 11 CommentsEthan (almost 8) and my nephew (12) spent last week making stop-motion animation using a digital camera and a box of LEGOs. You’ll notice that once the pictures were completed they filmed a Windows slideshow of the pictures to animate the stills. The sound effects are Ethan. Soooo cute, and very creative especially [...]
Baby Einstein Videos Don’t Work
Published August 15th, 2007 in Advertising, Children, Consume and Education. 3 CommentsDisney is in an uproar demanding a retraction on a University of Washington study that their Baby Einstein videos don’t advance children’s learning development, and in fact “infants who watched DVD’s and videos designed for babies understood fewer words than did infants who didn’t watch the recorded programs.” No news yet on whether Disney [...]
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