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Idleness as a way of parenting.
I couldn't agree more. I run an award-winning web site for kids, Inkless Tales, at www.inklesstales.com - endorsed by the ALA, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and RIF - heavy hitters - and the site is all designed for learning - but the site is all rigorously tested first. By kids. For fun. My own kids? We have ''do-nothing'' days. Lots ...
Posted to Family by inklesstales on April 21, 2009
Teen's having babies
Based on the recent (December 2008) study, looking back on 28 years of screen-time (mostly television), excessive use of screens promotes early and risky sexual activity. With young people watching hours of television, spending hours more on line, with games and texts, it is no surprise that that they crave some kind of physical contact with real ...
Posted to XX Factor by Robert Kesten on March 21, 2009
One more comes to mind...
Finding Nemo terrified our two-year old, and terrified the two of us even more as we realized what was about to happen the first time we slid in the disk. Add to your list The Incredibles, which is a shoot-em-up, incredibly violent movie. At least, I think it is--after the first few minutes of gunplay, we turned it off and haven't touched it ...
Posted to Family by praeburn on January 14, 2009