This is a video I was sent a link to by Laurie Monk (from Truth in Shredding). It’s not a guitar vid, but it is very interesting: It’s a little simplistic (shrinks are bad, mmkay?) and the commenters clearly lack even a basic understanding of the complexities of childhood behaviour and psychiatry’s role, but what...
My children (3 and 5) just had their end-of-year concert for all us parents to go ooh aah about. And indeed it was very cute. Songs about different animals, Santa wearing shorts and so forth. Then a song was introduced as one that they’ve been singing with the children because the words “teach the...
I see that, despite the overwhelmingly positive submissions about the provision of secular ethics classes as an alternative to an hour of idleness for children whose parents don’t want them to sit through weekly religious indoctrination in school time, the NSW opposition has come out saying they will stop them if they are elected...
My four year old daughter has just made an old shredder (me, natch) very happy. Since my wife got an iPhone, Miss 4 and her brother get to use my wife’s old iPod Touch. I put a bunch of music videos on the other day, including Always With Me, Always With You by Joe...
Gender Stereotyping – Start ‘em Young
I’m furious. My 5 year old daughter is beginning to learn there are “girls’ toys” and “boys’ toys”. My children were looking through a toy catalogue, and Miss 5 informed her brother that what they were looking at was the “girls’ aisle”, and the next page had the “girls’ aisle”. I almost wept. How...
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