Scouting Values: Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Gender-Diverse Parenting
Have you hear the hulabaloo about the Colorado Girl Scout Troop that admitted a transgendered girl? How about the other Girl Scout troops that have protested by disbanding or posting hateful videos on YouTube? It all really makes me sick to my stomach. I was a Girl Scout, my mom was a Girl Scout leader. My sister was one of those hardcore primitive camping type Girl Scout. While I was a more sewing and cooking kinda Girl Scout. That was one of the things that was wonderful about it – it allowed for a very diverse definition of what it meant to be a girl. There were no limits...
Read MoreHerman Cain’s Parenting Plan
Attention Children: Effective immediately, in order to ensure a fair distribution of both responsibility and rewards, we will be implementing a 9-9-9 parenting plan. Children can now expect: 9 minutes of breastfeeding at each breastfeeding session. If you are still hungry you will not receive more nursing time. If you are full at 8 minutes you will be required to continue suckling until you reach 9 minutes. 9 minutes of comfort per day. Please plan your crying and other needs accordingly because there will not be a plan for extended comfort minutes. 9 diaper changes per day. Do...
Read MoreWhy Buy Handmade?
“But it is so expensive!” “I can’t afford handmade!” These are some of the things you often hear about products that are handmade by artisans like those you’ll find at Etsy.com. I’d like to take you on a journey of two products to look at the real cost of each item. Before I get started I want to point out that the choice between the bottom-dollar plastic toy and the much more expensive handmade, quality item is not a choice we all have the luxury to make. This post is intended for those of us that are privelaged enough to make that choice and I...
Read MoreWhat Little Kids Learn from Cinderella
This certainly deserves an in depth post but for now just for a laugh (we laugh because it is...
Read MoreMy Creative Outlet
I’ve written before about my surprise in finding I enjoy crafty things like sewing and scrapbooking. I had kind of pigeon-holed myself into the scientific/analytic role and somehow convinced myself that precluded creativity. How wrong I was! Everyone needs a creative outlet. So, I’ve fallen deeply in love with Etsy and all things crafty. I was wishing and wishing that I could get good enough to actually sell my wares. I think I’m a way off with my knitting and sewing but I recently found a wonderful creative outlet in a place I had never imagined: T-shirts. Several...
Read More“I Don’t Think of You As Fat!” Raising Size-Accepting Children
People get very uncomfortable when I refer to myself as “fat.” I’ve been doing this for years. I was much thinner when I started and I said it in a way of dissing myself before someone else could. It wasn’t a very healthy thing. Now that I’m older, I say it for a much bigger reason which is what I want to address here. Whenever I describe myself as fat my friends will normally say “I don’t think of you as fat.” I used to feel pleased when they said this (and I was probably fishing for just that) but now I’m just confused. I...
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