Good morning friends & geeks,<\/p>\n
First link to share this morning is a pro-breastfeeding piece<\/a>, with a science writer from UK’s Telegraph suggesting our offspring will all be RICH if only we whip our boobies out. It’s gotta be worth a go!<\/p>\n Next: here is a link to an abstract from the Annals of Family Medicine<\/a>. \u00a0Is exposing children to second hand smoke child abuse? \u00a0Have a wee click on the aforeposted link and see! \u00a0And this is another abstract … about disorganized attachment<\/a>. \u00a0Such fun.<\/p>\n Now …\u00a0this is a link<\/a> that will whisk you to the Child and Family Blog and an article about how post-smacking-your-child-affection is utterly ineffective. \u00a0We’ve gotta resist the smacking at all, brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n Whaddya reckon about this … it’s suggesting that occasional video gaming<\/a> is actually beneficial to children and their school success. \u00a0Surely, like everything, there is a whole lot of “it depends” at play here.<\/p>\n Finally, even though I do get mildly concerned when folks advocate a return to 1970’s parenting, there is definitely some good to be gleaned from this blog post <\/a>shared with me by the Goddess of the North. \u00a0Just yesterday I was on the phone with a school mama longing for the days when kids just optimistically turned up for playtime without the crazy logistics involved in organising play dates, these days.<\/p>\n Kia Ora.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good morning friends & geeks, First link to share this morning is a pro-breastfeeding piece, with a science writer from UK’s Telegraph suggesting our offspring will all be RICH if only we whip our boobies out. It’s gotta be worth … Continue reading