Here we go … cos I’ve gotta go meet the school bus in a jiff, but I’ve also gotta share links with my geeky pals.<\/p>\n
Nice article here about treating children with respect<\/a>, and now won’t you behold this splendid long read from the Guardian<\/a> about the diabolical genius of the baby advice industry.\u00a0 (hehe)<\/p>\n This is an interesting paper about education and the 4th industrial revolution<\/a> (ie tech) and I simply love the pushback against neoliberalism<\/a>.\u00a0 Says the woman who had to pay for fees at university when her parents’ generation did not.<\/p>\n Here is a summary of the AAP’s screen time recommendations<\/a> for children under 6, and it sure as heck does not include social media for kids.\u00a0 Tim Cook from Apple gets it<\/a>, while Mark Zuckerberg clearly does not.\u00a0 Please sign this petition <\/a>\u00a0to tell him that you reckon Facebook for 5 year olds is a crap idea.\u00a0 \u00a0In fact, if you wanna, you could go ahead and use this awesome resource for creating a family screen time action plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some cool stuff now: a post about the joy of making do<\/a> (OH!\u00a0 I get this! Love!), here is an awesome paper about doing good to feel good<\/a>, and now from the NY Times, a piece about the benefits of having a purpose in life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n How about some amazing birth photos<\/a>?\u00a0 Thanks OHbaby.\u00a0 Last one, cos little girl is home and we need to hang out.\u00a0 This is a crazy article from our hot NZ summer about how parents are so distracted by their flippin cell phones that kids are drowning.<\/a>\u00a0 For the love of everything that’s holy.\u00a0 Turn the sucker off when poolside!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here we go … cos I’ve gotta go meet the school bus in a jiff, but I’ve also gotta share links with my geeky pals. Nice article here about treating children with respect, and now won’t you behold this splendid … Continue reading