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The Science of Evil and Empathy

July 30, 2011




The front page of today’s Globe and Mail jumped out at me. “Can science really explain evil?” the headline asked.  As an atheist and believer in the principles of attachment parenting, I was intrigued by both the question and the double-barreled definition of evil that accompanied it. evil [ee-vuhl] – adjective 1. morally wrong or [...]

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Who Will Vote for the Children?

April 30, 2011




In Canada you need to be 18 years old to vote, but more than 1/5 of our population is below that age. Who will vote with their interests in mind in this election? Will their parents do so? Some of them may, but unfortunately voter turnout in Canada is only about 57% among eligible voters [...]

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Non-sexist holiday shopping: Is it possible?

November 30, 2010




A while ago, I shared the post Have Yourself a Very Sexist Holiday by Melissa from Pigtail Pals on my facebook page. One of my readers wrote to me after reading the post and asked for my experience buying gifts for my daughter and my thoughts or recommendations for gift shopping for girls. I am [...]

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A child asks: What happens when you’re done being dead?

November 22, 2010




One of the many magazines we subscribe to is the French magazine philosophie. One of the regular features is a section responding to reader questions and one of the columns within that section is questions d’enfance (childhood questions).  The November 2010 issue is a special about death and the child’s question was on the topic [...]

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Ready to snap

November 19, 2010




In my reader survey, two people asked me very similar questions. Since this evening I was ready to snap, which also tends to heighten my memory of all similar moments in the past, I figured this is as good a time as any to write about it.  Their questions were: I’d love to hear what [...]

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What do you do with new knowledge?

June 13, 2010




Every day I learn new things. I learn them by talking to other people. I learn them by reading newspapers, books, blogs and journals. I learn them through experimentation and observation.  Sometimes when I learn something new, it serves to confirm my choices or my beliefs. Those moments are certainly satisfying and comforting. I did [...]

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“Because I said so” vs. “You’re not the boss of me”

March 25, 2010




We all know that children very frequently want to do things that their parents don’t want them to do. But when mom or dad says “no,” what makes kids likely to listen and what makes them likely to disobey? A new study used child characters in role-playing situations and asked children aged four to seven [...]

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Mentoring the Next Generation (Almost Wordless Wednesday)

March 3, 2010




I far too often hear “but I don’t want my children to see THAT” in people’s objections to nursing in public.  I think we need our children to see more of THAT. Be a mentor!

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Wordless Wednesday: Winter Campfire

January 20, 2010




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Child’s Hierarchy of Needs

January 14, 2010




Parents often find it overwhelming trying to meet their children’s needs. With limited time, limited resources, and limited patience meeting all of their needs can seem like an impossible task. If we can’t do it all, where should we begin? Where should we focus? What is most important? Last year, Meagan Francis from The Happiest [...]

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