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Personal Health - Babies Know - A Little Dirt Is Good for You - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27brod.html?em

Dr. Weinstock goes even further. “Children should be allowed to go barefoot in the dirt, play in the dirt, and not have to wash their hands when they come in to eat,” he said. He and Dr. Elliott pointed out that children who grow up on farms and are frequently exposed to worms and other organisms from farm animals are much less likely to develop allergies and autoimmune diseases. .... Also helpful, he said, is to “let kids have two dogs and a cat,” which will expose them to intestinal worms that can promote a healthy immune system.
researchers are concluding that organisms like the millions of bacteria, viruses and especially worms that enter the body along with “dirt” spur the development of a healthy immune system.
Ask mothers why babies are constantly picking things up from the floor or ground and putting them in their mouths, and chances are they’ll say that it’s instinctive — that that’s how babies explore the world. But why the mouth, when sight, hearing, touch and even scent are far better at identifying things?
Office of the Tooth Fairy
http://www.officeofthetoothfairy.com/
cutey pie webpage. tablez
Dad at 13 | Boy Alfie Patten, 13, becomes father of baby girl Maisie with girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15 | The Sun |News
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece
this article is not only disturbing because he looks 8 and she looks 25, but because apparently all poor british slobs fuck like rabbits. the boy's dad has nine kids. the girl's dad (unemployed) has at least six.
What a shame. She at least might have had a better understanding of what the implications were, but he clearly wouldn't have had a clue at 12...
LOL
his name is alfie haha
Facebook for Parents
http://facebookforparents.org/
Best practices for parents with children who are under the age of 18 and using Facebook
To help kids reach their full potential, parents today must know about Facebook. That’s the purpose of this website. Starting now, parents can enroll in a free course at Stanford to learn more about Facebook. The course instructors are psychologist Dr. BJ Fogg of Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab and BJ’s sister, Linda Phillips, a mom with kids from college age to 5th grade. Parents can also sign up for a free newsletter about Facebook, created especially for parents with kids under 18 using the service.
Offered by Stanford, no less
an online education program for parents to learn about Facebook including tips on making sure their children are practicing responsible online citizenship. The homepage of Facebook for Parents offers five tips for parents just beginning to learn about Facebook. Facebook for Parents has a free email newsletter for parents to keep up to date on the latest research and best practices for keeping kids safe online.
To help kids reach their full potential, parents today must know about Facebook. That’s the purpose of this website. Starting now, parents can enroll in a free course at Stanford to learn more about Facebook. The course instructors are psychologist Dr. BJ Fogg of Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab and BJ’s sister, Linda Phillips, a mom with kids from college age to 5th grade. Parents can also sign up for a free newsletter about Facebook, created especially for parents with kids under 18 using the service.
The Serious Need for Play: Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-serious-need-for-play
play children psychology parenting science ; Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed. ; KEY CONCEPTS: Childhood play is crucial for social, emotional and cognitive development. Imaginative and rambunctious “free play,” as opposed to games or structured activities, is the most essential type. Kids and animals that do not play when they are young may grow into anxious, socially maladjusted adults.
Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed By Melinda Wenner
Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed.
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"Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed."
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | No Fear
http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk/publications/education/no-fear
No Fear argues that childhood is being undermined by the growth of risk aversion and its intrusion into every aspect of children’s lives. This restricts children’s play, limits their freedom of movement, corrodes their relationships with adults and constrains their exploration of physical, social and virtual worlds. PDF
No Fear joins the increasingly vigorous debate about the role and nature of childhood in the UK. Over the past 30 years activities that previous generations of children enjoyed without a second thought have been relabelled as troubling or dangerous, and the adults who permit them branded as irresponsible. No Fear argues that childhood is being undermined by the growth of risk aversion and its intrusion into every aspect of children’s lives. This restricts children’s play, limits their freedom of movement, corrodes their relationships with adults and constrains their exploration of physical, social and virtual worlds.
"Over the past 30 years activities that previous generations of children enjoyed without a second thought have been relabelled as troubling or dangerous, and the adults who permit them branded as irresponsible. No Fear argues that childhood is being undermined by the growth of risk aversion and its intrusion into every aspect of children’s lives."
Inside the baby mind - The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/04/26/inside_the_baby_mind/?page=full
The Boston Globe
an interesting article about baby's brain
How to Save the World
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/04/25.html#a2369
education
If every child was unschooled -- given the chance to explore and discover and learn in the real world what they love to do, what they're uniquely good at doing, and what the world needs that they care about -- then we would have a world of self-confident, creative, informed, empowered, networked entrepreneurs doing work that needs to be done, successfully. We would have armies of people collaborating to solve the problems and crises facing our world, instead of going home exhausted at the end of the day seeking escape, feeling helpless to do anything that is meaningful to thems or to the world. We would have a world of producers instead of consumers, a world of abundance instead of scarcity, a world of diversity instead of what Terry Glavin calls "a dark and gathering sameness". We would have a world of young people choosing their lives instead of taking what they can get, what they can afford, what is offered to them.
No way, the current system is in place not because those "in power" want it that way but because we live in a democracy and democracy often produces silly rules.
Stop worrying about your children! | Salon Life
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/04/free_range_kids/index.html
A reasonably sensible look at the risks affecting children in modern life.
Shakesville: Breaking the Silence: On Living Pro-Lifers' Choice for Women
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/03/breaking-silence-on-living-pro-lifers.html
Hey, Shakers, Liss has graciously allowed me to yell in her forum. Many thanks, Liss. I have no other outlet for what I'm about to say. I want to tell you first: at least one of you knows me in person. What I'm about to say is something you do not know about me. If it's not you, then one of your friends might be like me.
Post-adoption and post-abortion effects on women compared.
I have given a baby up for adoption, and I have had an abortion, and while anecdotes are not evidence, I can assert that abortions may or may not cause depression - it certainly did not in me, apart from briefly mourning the path not taken - but adoption? That is an entirely different matter. I don't doubt that there are women who were fine after adoption, and there is emphatically nothing wrong with that or with them; but I want to point out that if we're going to have a seemingly neverending discussion about the sorrow and remorse caused by abortion, then it is about goddamn time that we hear from birth mothers too.
7 Secrets to Raising a Happy Child | Zen Habits
http://zenhabits.net/2009/06/7-secrets-to-raising-a-happy-child/
Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank
http://steveblank.com/2009/06/18/epitaph-for-an-entrepreneur/
Kids’ why questions
http://whyzz.com/
Interessante Website, die typische WARUM-Fragen der Kinder beantwortet (englisch)
site for parents to help answer those "Why" questions from your kids
A nifty site that tries to make accessible the answers to young children's "why" questions, like "Why is the ocean salty?"
The Last Psychiatrist: Four Things Not To Do To Your Kids
http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2009/05/four_things_not_to_do_to_your.html
reminds me of community service with children
100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer | GeekDad | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-geeky-places-to-bring-your-kids-this-summer/
There is plenty of summer vacation season left on the calendar, and boredom may already be settling in around the house. So what are some fun, geeky places to take your geeklets? Even better, what are some fun, geeky places that kids and adults will all enjoy? I was sitting down making some plans for my geeklets this summer. The list of places we wanted to go kept getting longer, and eventually turned into a wishlist, which I then put up for the GeekDads to add to. But this list is by no means complete. Please feel free to add your favorite places in the comments, and we’ll try to add them to the map, too.
Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_healthbeat_bilingual_tots
Bi-lingualism and learning new languages
language children
30 Classic Games for Simple Outdoor Play | GeekDad | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/08/simpleoutdoorplay/
When I was a kid, we played outside with the other kids in the neighborhood with most of our free time. We also made the most of recess at school. We kept ourselves quite occupied without any of today’s modern technologies. Listed below are some no-tech games that you may have enjoyed as a kid. I sure did. Some can be done indoors. Some can be done by yourself or with just one friend. But most of them are best when done outside with a group of people. Also, most of these games can be changed or improved by making up your own rules. Use your imagination!
Playgrounder - The Buyers Guide for Kids and Parents
http://playgrounder.com/
This is going to be a very dangerous place for me.
SR: Kids stuff is fancier now than I remember....
Playgrounder is a web magazine helping parents and kids find the very best stuff. Our team digs up the best toys, games, gear, clothes, DVDs and more. New items are posted daily
Education Needs to Be Turned on Its Head
http://zenhabits.net/2009/08/education-needs-to-be-turned-on-its-head/
Unfortunately, this isn’t a great model. Mostly because it’s based on the idea that there is a small group of people in authority, who will tell you what to do and what you need to know, and you must follow this obediently, like robots. And you must not think for yourself, or try to do what you want to do. This will be met with severe punishment.
Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos
http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/social-media-parenting/
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5 Websites To Keep A Kid Busy & Happy
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-websites-to-keep-a-kid-busy-happy/
Sometimes you just have to get some work done, when all your child wants to do is play with you. While playing with your kid should be your top priority, you can’t always neglect your work. Being a parent sure isn’t easy. I’ve had a colleague who sometimes had to bring her 3 year old son to work when the nanny was sick and no one else was available to take care of him. We all helped keeping him busy and now and then he would also enjoy some games on the computer. Here are five ways to distract your child for a few minutes when you absolutely need it.
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The Referendum - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.com
http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/the-referendum/
very well-written article by Tim Kreider on using alternate life paths as a way of gauging and judging the choices we have made.
Most of my married friends now have children, the rewards of which appear to be exclusively intangible and, like the mysteries of some gnostic sect, incommunicable to outsiders. In fact it seems from the outside as if these people have joined a dubious cult: they claim to be much happier and more fulfilled than ever before, even though they live in conditions of appalling filth and degradation, deprived of the most basic freedoms and dignity, and owe unquestioning obedience to a capricious and demented master.
on how people judge others out of jealousy or fear, and on the different choices we all make, and on how one choice cancels out other choices and on how that's hard. See comments for great discussion.
the baby book for modern parents - lil'grams
http://lilgrams.com/
online baby book blogg
UGC platform (blog / foto / video ..) for new parent ... with some social network elements added ...
20 Fantastic Free iPhone Apps for Parents
http://mashable.com/2009/10/10/iphone-apps-parents/
Great apps for iPhone toting parents
Here is a list of 20 awesome, free iPhone apps for parents that won’t necessarily make you a better parent, but can make your life a little easier.
Jack Cough on Software: Teaching Functional Programming To Kids
http://jackcoughonsoftware.blogspot.com/2009/05/teaching-functional-programming-to-kids.html
http://www.lilyapp.org/about/
A Story Before Bed
http://www.astorybeforebed.com/
Read a story for a child
Record yourself reading a book to your kids and then it can be played back online with the pages of the book while you're away or from a distance.
The Child Trap: Books: The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/11/17/081117crbo_books_acocella?currentPage=all
The rise of overparenting. Insightful and amusing.
The literature on overparenting raises a number of sticky questions. For example, is it really wrong for us to push our children to excel in areas where they are talented?
“Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.” The article reviews books about the new "crisis" of overparenting. There are some helpful comments, but it is nice that the author acknowledges the pendulum swings in pop psychology and in parenting. Would be nice to follow some of the implications of these movements. The article briefly touches on the implications of the selfishness of current parents, but it is only hypothesis. I'd be intersted in a thorough analysis of implications from a historical perspective. Every generation seems to believe the next generation is spoiled and lazy, which seems to be the real critique behind the overparenting books.
The rise of overparenting.
What is the secret to effective parenting? " BCI blog
http://biblicalcounselinginsights.com/blog/2009/12/what-is-the-secret-to-effective-parenting
What is the secret to effective parenting?
A New Lunch Bunch (washingtonpost.com)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/food/graphics/lunchbox/index.html
Launching a start-up and having a family life: It’s possible! | VentureBeat
http://entrepreneur.venturebeat.com/2009/09/07/launching-a-start-up-and-having-a-family-life-it%E2%80%99s-possible/
Here are the some of the rules that evolved that seemed to work for our family.
"This life isn’t practice for the next one" "What will your epitaph say?"
Parent Hacks: KidZui is a Kid Friendly Web Interface
http://lifehacker.com/5109739/kidzui-is-a-kid-friendly-web-interface
KidZui is a child-safe internet front end that calls upon an enormous whitelist of websites, pictures, videos, and games that have all been reviewed by a group of volunteers composed of parents and educators.
http://www.zacbrowser.com/
A Whole Lotta Nothing: My recommended kid games
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2010/02/my-recommended-kid-games.html
Twelve Hours Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: the best parenting book I've read - Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/13/twelve-hours-sleep-b.html
After our daughter Poesy was born, we were inundated with parenting advice and books -- big, thick, 900-page bricks that purported to tell us everything we needed to know to raise a newborn into a productive member of society. Of course, we had neither the attention nor the time to devote to following any of this advice.
Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success, a very short book that does exactly what it says on the cover: it's a simple prescription for teaching your baby to sleep through the whole night by 12 weeks. It takes about an hour to read and does not involve doing anything horrible to your kid like letting her cry all night. Basic method: for the first 8 weeks, keep track of when the kid feeds and sleeps. At 8 weeks, use this to come up with a sleep and feed schedule that more or less fits the rhythm she's falling into. Gently encourage her to stick to it (e.g., if she's hungry before mealtime, see if you can distract her for a few minutes [the first day], then a few minutes more [the next].)
Ann Bauer on autism, violence | Salon Life
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/26/bauer_autism/index.html
On Feb. 14 I awaken to this headline: "Professor Beaten to Death by Autistic Son." I scan the story while standing, my coffee forgotten. Trudy Steuernagel, a faculty member in political science at Kent State, has been murdered and her 18-year-old son, Sky, has been arrested and charged with the crime, though he is profoundly disabled and can neither speak nor understand. Sky, who likes cartoons and chicken nuggets, apparently lost control and beat his mother into a coma. He was sitting in jail when she died. This happens to be two days after my older son's 21st birthday, which we marked behind two sets of locked steel doors. I'm exhausted and hopeless and vaguely hung over because Andrew, who has autism, also has evolved from sweet, dreamy boy to something like a golem: bitter, rampaging, full of rage. It happened no matter how fiercely I loved him or how many therapies I employed. Now, reading about this Ohio mother, there is a moment of slithering nausea and panic followed immedia
a mother's story of her violent autistic son
about a woman whose autistic son is violent
Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090325/sc_livescience/whytoddlersdontdowhattheyretold;_ylt=AtD8b2Ssw9pjlIJZvyXDibUDW7oF
"You might expect the child to plan for the future, think 'OK it's cold outside so the jacket will keep me warm.' But what we suggest is that this isn't what goes on in a 3-year-old's brain. Rather, they run outside, discover that it is cold, and then retrieve the memory of where their jacket is, and then they go get it."
Why Your Baby’s Name Will Sound Like Everyone Else’s | Wired Science
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/babynames/
hat tip to Leonardo Souza
“What’s hard for parents is that what feels like your own personal taste, it’s everybody’s taste,” Wattenberg says. “It’s a no win situation - if you pick a name you like, probably everybody else will like it too.”
"“What’s hard for parents is that what feels like your own personal taste, it’s everybody’s taste,” Wattenberg says. “It’s a no win situation - if you pick a name you like, probably everybody else will like it too.” And that’s what’s fascinating about watching the nation-level trends in baby naming. The national nomenclature is transformed living room by living room as one frazzled couple after another makes a seemingly personal decision for underlying phonetic reasons they haven’t considered. “People may think they named a child after great, great grandma Olivia, but they have a lot of great, great grandmas, and they picked Olivia because it fits the popular sounds,” Wattenberg says. And that’s how a country’s culture changes: People cherry-picking from the past as they look for a name to call the future."
Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told | LiveScience
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090324-toddlers-listen.html
"If you just repeat something again and again that requires your young child to prepare for something in advance, that is not likely to be effective," Munakata said. "What would be more effective would be to somehow try to trigger this reactive function. So don't do something that requires them to plan ahead in their mind, but rather try to highlight the conflict that they are going to face. Perhaps you could say something like 'I know you don't want to take your coat now, but when you're standing in the yard shivering later, remember that you can get your coat from your bedroom."
Toddlers listen, they just store the information for later use.
Toddlers listen, they just store the information for later use, a new study finds."What would be more effective would be to somehow try to trigger this reactive function. So don't do something that requires them to plan ahead in their mind, but rather try to highlight the conflict that they are going to face. Perhaps you could say something like 'I know you don't want to take your coat now, but when you're standing in the yard shivering later, remember that you can get your coat from your bedroom."
Recycle old, broken crayons into fun new shapes | Chica and Jo
http://www.chicaandjo.com/2008/04/16/recycle-old-broken-crayons-into-fun-new-shapes/
The case against Candy Land - Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/26/the-case-against-can.html
A good insight about a classic board game, and why video games are getting better at more than just entertaining.
What’s irritating about the games is that they are exercises in sheer randomness. It’s not that they fail to sharpen any useful skills; it’s that they make it literally impossible for a player to acquire any skills at all.
Slate Magazine - Trading Up
http://www.slate.com/id/2116505/
There is a clear pattern at play: Once a name catches on among high-income, highly educated parents, it starts working its way down the socioeconomic ladder. Amber, Heather, and Stephanie started out as high-end names. For every high-end baby given those names, however, another five lower-income girls received those names within 10 years.
unit 1
unite 1
UNITONE
The last word: Advice from ‘America’s worst mom’ - THE WEEK
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/96342/The_last_word_Advice_from_Americas_worst_mom
A year ago, journalist Lenore Skenazy caused a media sensation when she let her 9-year-old rideNew York City’s subway by himself. In a new book, she explains why she has no
This lady is NOT the worst mom in america: http://bit.ly/v6g1i [from http://twitter.com/medwardsmusic/statuses/1808843388]
A year ago, journalist Lenore Skenazy caused a media sensation when she let her 9-year-old rideNew York City’s subway by himself. In a new book, she explains why she has no regrets.
Skenazy NY New York subway
Advice from the world's worst mom who let her 9-year-old ride the subway alone.
BBC NEWS | UK | 'Most unfortunate names' revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7909561.stm
(BBC)
Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still. It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK. Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Paige Turner, Mary Christmas and Anna Sasin. And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole or Hazel Nutt.
Stan Still,
comedy names
Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_herold_let_s_raise_kids_to_be_entrepreneurs.html
@haikalis Cameron Herold: "Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs" - Video on TED.com http://ow.ly/24GZP
Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. At TEDxEdmonton, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish -- as kids and as adults.
Social Media Parenting: Raising the Digital Generation
http://mashable.com/2010/05/13/parenting-social-media/
dang it! apparently no app for good parenting *grmbl* http://mashable.com/2010/05/13/parenting-social-media/
from Mashable
子供にどうソーシャルメディアを使わせるべきか、という記事。企業のソーシャルメディアポリシーの考え方に通じるところがあるのが興味深い。結局、どちらも教育と信頼関係が大事ということですかね。 http://bit.ly/aclXEb – 徳力 基彦 (tokuriki) http://twitter.com/tokuriki/statuses/13948349264
open 18 Conference
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/
The new captain jumped from the cockpit, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the owners who were swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the
OpenDNS > FamilyShield
http://www.opendns.com/familyshield/
The single easiest way to keep your kids safe online — and away from adult websites — on your home Internet for free. No software to install.
filtro de webs por dns
Filtro Familiar
free to block adult web content and phishing sites
OpenDNS > FamilyShield
http://www.opendns.com/familyshield/
filtrado de contenidos en dns
The single easiest way to keep your kids safe online — and away from adult websites — on your home Internet for free. No software to install.
filtro de webs por dns
Filtro Familiar
free to block adult web content and phishing sites
All Joy and No Fun
http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/67024/
All Joy and No Fun | Why parents hate parenting (parents are more depressed than nonparents no matter what their... http://ff.im/-nq6wU
read this when I have time...
particularly those of us who find moment-to-moment happiness a bit elusive to begin with.
Via Ben. Fascinating analysis of parenting, expectations, happiness, the history of parenting, etc.
"From the perspective of the species, it’s perfectly unmysterious why people have children. From the perspective of the individual, however, it’s more of a mystery than one might think. Most people assume that having children will make them happier. Yet a wide variety of academic research shows that parents are not happier than their childless peers, and in many cases are less so. This finding is surprisingly consistent, showing up across a range of disciplines."
Why parents hate parenting.
oh dear,
All Joy and No Fun
Mila's Daydreams
http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/
it's like our very own Anne Geddes
Adorable! RT @stellawongo: Indeed the cutest thing on the internet - Mila's Daydreams http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/ via @kottke
This is my maternity leave hobby. While my baby is taking her nap, I try to imagine her dream and capture it.
Oh my God.
Mila's Daydreams
http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/
:via http://kottke.org/10/07/the-cutest-thing-on-the-internet
A beautiful concept.
baby dreams illustrated