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  • Playpen during holidays...

    In the 1980's, we always took a playpen with us when we traveled to grandparent homes that were not baby-proof, and our babies slept safely in the playpen. However, the best use of the playpen came at Christimas time. In our otherwise baby-proof home, we put the Christmas tree in the playpen! Ornaments were safe from the baby. The baby was safe ...
    Posted to Family by Xenaxena on August 17, 2009

  • 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

  • Is it wrong?

    I know of a black man, not me, who has framed the election (and all race related events)to his 12 yr old son as the capacity for whites to overcome their evil. He scoffs when television programs say Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier and tells his son, ''Who do you think put that barrier there''? This black man also claims that Obama will ...
    Posted to Family by shamwow on November 24, 2008

  • Spare the Rod

    This article is ridiculous. I was spanked as a child and also spanked my children of whom are all grown now. I have never been violent with anyone or anything and my three kids are the same. None of them would hurt a fly and have all grown into very well rounded strong successful and loving adults with no mental problems. As a matter of fact, ...
    Posted to Family by CINDY3575 on September 26, 2008

  • What "Science" Is This Exactly?

    I wonder if these purported ''scientific studies'' on the ineffectiveness of corporal punishment on children are taking socioeconomic and cultural implications into consideration. I would imagine it's a lot more common for upper middle class and upper class parent's to forgo hitting their children than it is for lower-middle to lower class, ...
    Posted to Family by Pariah on September 24, 2008

  • Re: Hitting with your hand is fairly useless

    I got spanked when I was a kid, not all the time, just every once in a while. I tuned out perfectly fine. I never dropped out of school or even got suspended. I never got arrested. I never drank or did drugs (not before I was in college anyway). I don't remember getting spanked by hand, but I definitely remember my mom spanking me on the bare ass ...
    Posted to Family by Pariah on September 24, 2008

  • Slippery slope of judging Palin

    This is the most coherent, rational piece I've read on the whole Sarah Palin controversy -- and I think I've read them all. In a way, I think Palin is a throwback to the early days of women in the workforce when moms HAD to go back to work three days after giving birth or risk losing their jobs. This article raises an excelling Why is she ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by KatinDC on September 4, 2008

  • Palin's Choice

    I love the thought of women ascending to high office. While women haven't hit the executive office yet, many fine and talented woman have been in the Senate, Congress, and cabinet positions for decades. As a child of the 70s I myself am abundantly gifted with the benefits of the 70s woman's movement. But the thing that bothers me about Sara ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by kgcobb on September 3, 2008

  • Forgetting Something?

    The author fails to mention that there is an alternative to abortion for teenage mothers who aren't ready for motherhood: Adoption. It seems that many writers, commentators, and bloggers don't think that we responsible adults exist! For your information there are a few of us who willingly and happily abstained from sex until marriage, and now ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by Thando1 on September 2, 2008

  • Thank you for writing this!

    ... this story is heartbreaking and infuriating. Of course the elderly are full human beings, have an evolved sexuality, and should have full access to their sexual rights. If our legal and familial institutions are not set up to handle these realities, they need to change. Many cultures have either formal or 'look the other way' valves to ...
    Posted to Family by commentator245 on June 14, 2008
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