Big Fat Myths About Fat Part I
Recently, my post 15 Tips for Raising Kids With a Positive Body Image, has received a lot of comments. I’m so glad people are finding the post and discussing this important topic! I’ve been reluctant to talk about some of the naysayers because I’m not primarily a size-acceptance blogger and there are so many great bloggers out there already doing the work. However, I haven’t been able to reply to every comment so I figured it was time for a clarifying post. First, the post in question was a revisit of a previous post “I Don’t Think of You As Fat!” Raising...
Read MoreHow to Not Potty Train in 3 Easy Phases
I’m deep in walk training right now. Yesterday my kid got 3 stickers for walking across the kitchen but today he’s been crawling all day! I keep admonishing him that we don’t crawl anymore and I make him get up and walk for 10 minutes every hour. This is exhausting! I can’t wait till he’s walk trained! Sounds funny, huh? We don’t walk train or talk train our kids so why do we potty train? Kids learn to walk and talk because we walk and talk and they become ready to imitate us. Why isn’t the same true for learning to potty? Now, I...
Read MoreHomeschooling and Educational Neglect
I recently read this article on Salon.com called Home-schooled and Illiterate. My first thought as I read this very long and very disorganized article is that it was an editorial by a lay person. There is really no journalism in the article at all. She uses a very small sample of anecdotal stories and didn’t seem to spend any time researching the facts. It is written by Kristin Rawls who, according to Alternet, is a freelance writer. I’ve never read anything else by her so I can’t comment but based on this piece I would say she isn’t very diligent in her...
Read MoreBreastfeeding is a Public Health Issue?
As a non-vaxer, the term “public health issue” makes my ears perk up. I do not believe that “public health” ever trumps “personal liberty”. Recently though the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a new statement on breastfeeding that has some lactivists rejoicing while other moms (breastfeeding or formula feeding) are insulted at the infringement of their personal choice. Here is the gist of the AAP recommendation read the full text here: infant nutrition should be considered a public health issue and not only a lifestyle choice. The wording of...
Read More15 Tips for Raising Kids With a Positive Body Image
Don’t forget to check out the follow-up post Big Fat Myths About Fat. Comments are closed on this post since I will be responding via the follow-up posts. Please comment on the new posts. I wish I could say the above images were designed by me to make a point about fat-phobia and how poorly kids are treated when they don’t fit society’s ideal of size. Maybe I threw them together because I thought the SHOCK of seeing kids would help people understand how fat-shaming in adults can feel. Alas, a group in Georgia actually produced these billboards in an attempt to...
Read MoreThe Presidential Election and Infertility Law
I think I deserve a pat on the back for not calling this post “Newt is an Ass”. Newt Gingrich, the disgraced former speaker of the House that was pushed out in a ground–breaking censure by his own colleagues for ethics violations, is somehow inexplicably an actual contender for President of the United States of America. Yes, in America we (at least some of us) love mediocrity – we love presidents that drop out of college and can’t even fulfill their obligations to their constituents. I literally think I’m getting a repeated use injury from...
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