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Birth order effects disappearing?
One of the problems with studying birth order effects - and the reason why our results may not match some older beliefs/studies - is that children are not raised together anymore. With so many kids in daycare, young children spend most of their waking hours in the care of others surrounded by children other than their siblings. Instead of ...
Posted to Family by playingtrix on June 27, 2007
My favorite Jewish mothers
In David Plotz' Exodus Bible Blog, he wrote: Baby Moses floats in wicker basket and is rescued by Pharaoh's daughter, who then pays his own mother to raise him. That's it. I responded at the time that there was so much more going on in this exchange and Emily Bazelon's Jewish Mother article reminded me why I love this story. (They truly did ...
Posted to Family by bright_virago on June 15, 2007
Is the Jewish Mother a Eastern character finding a home?
That folk tale about the mother offering letting her son take her heart, and when it falls asking her son if he's alright - I've heard it in four different languages and five different countries. The furthest east was in Punjab when I was in india, when my freinds granny told me it, The furthest west by a Chechen mother in London. The common ...
Posted to Family by DirectHex on June 14, 2007