02 April 2009 ~ Comments Off

It took the middle school office workers 3 minutes to realize I was a parent and not a student….

It took the middle school office workers 3 minutes to realize I was a parent and not a student. I’m indistinguishable from an 8th grader.

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21 October 2008 ~ Comments Off

The New York Times: Where all parents are Mothers. Or at least all concerned parents. Sigh.

The New York Times: Where all parents are Mothers. Or at least all concerned parents. Sigh.

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17 September 2008 ~ Comments Off

White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because “every family has challenges,” even as black and Latino families with similar “challenges” are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.?

White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because “every family has challenges,” even as black and Latino families [...]

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12 September 2008 ~ Comments Off

For Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) purposes, there is a presumption that when both a male and female parent live in the same home as the child, the female parent is considered to be primarily responsible for the child and should apply.

For Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) purposes, there is a presumption that when both a male and female parent live in the same home as the child, the female parent is considered to be primarily responsible for the child and should apply.Women and Children First

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30 July 2008 ~ Comments Off

The CDC is saying not to feed raw jalapenos to infants during this salmonella outbreak. Responsible parents take note.

The CDC is saying not to feed raw jalapenos to infants during this salmonella outbreak. Responsible parents take note.Twitter / Tim Siedell

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22 July 2008 ~ 5 Comments

Dear Michael Savage: Make fun of the right people, for the right reasons

Michael Savage is going after the wrong people in this whole autism mess, and for the wrong reasons.

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29 June 2008 ~ Comments Off

Bad Ideas in Parenting

I just can’t help but to talk like Jared some days.

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Tags: Autism, parenting

03 October 2007 ~ Comments Off

I suppose if there was an internet back then, one could have learned the benefits of bloodletting from scores of websites. Bleed Autism Now! practitioners would spread the BAN! protocol far and wide, telling story after story of the children who were rescued from the abyss of mind-blindness and senseless spinning. The more people who signed on to the BAN! protocol, the more self-evident its worth. Heart-shaped Autism Bandages would adorn every donkey cart, testament to the love that parents felt for the children they bled.

I suppose if there was an internet back then, one could have learned the benefits of bloodletting from scores of websites. Bleed Autism Now! practitioners would spread the BAN! protocol far and wide, telling story after story of the children who were rescued from the abyss of mind-blindness and senseless spinning. The more people who [...]

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03 September 2007 ~ Comments Off

Untold Tales, Part 3

When Jared was about just over a year old, I went with Kellie to Borders Books and Music, which is an odd name for the store since I’ve never seen anyone pay for their overpriced CDs. It ought to be called Borders Books, Lame Coffee Shop and the Colorful People Who Work There. Anyway, Kellie [...]

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Tags: Autism, parenting