{"id":82,"date":"2013-09-22T20:12:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T08:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=82"},"modified":"2014-12-18T11:04:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T23:04:12","slug":"here-there-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"here, there &#038; in between"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/droppedImage.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42\" alt=\"bridge baby\" src=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/droppedImage-206x300.jpg\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/droppedImage-206x300.jpg 206w, http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/droppedImage.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Ladies and Gentlegeeks,<\/p>\n<p>A few links to warm your heart (or worry your mind &#8230;?)<\/p>\n<p>Behold a collection of fab parenting blogs, starting with <a href=\"http:\/\/bonnieharris.com\/wordpress\/trust-your-children-more-teach-them-less\/\">this excellent post<\/a> about trusting our children from Bonnie Harris.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mamaseeds.com\/blog\/baby-sleep-training\/new-mamas-get-nothing-done-and-other-untruths\/?fb_action_ids=10151865107401265&amp;fb_action_types=og.likes&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=[562608683798633]&amp;action_type_map=[%22og.likes%22]&amp;action_ref_map=[]\">This is a lovely piece<\/a> about how Mamas &#8220;do nothing&#8221; all day (reminding me: time to reread <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookdepository.com\/What-Mothers-Do-Naomi-Stadlen\/9781585425914\">Naomi Stadlen&#8217;s magnificent book <\/a>&#8230;) and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pigtailpals.com\/2013\/08\/everything-found-in-the-nothing-of-dog-days\/\">this blog<\/a> might have a slightly dorky name, but SHEESH the content is stellar.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scarymommy.com\/the-things-unwritten-and-unsaid\/\">Scary Mommy blog<\/a> also has some good content, but is the &#8220;Mommy Confessional&#8221; off to the right which feels so intimate and personal I can&#8217;t quite believe I&#8217;m reading it.\u00a0 What up, Mamas?<\/p>\n<p>Also taking it personally: a teacher pal of mine warned me after a meeting she&#8217;d attended &#8230; the controversial and FLAWED <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=11119269\">national standards of education<\/a> being pushed on New Zealand schools is rumoured to have its insidious eyes on BABIES now.\u00a0 I will keep y&#8217;all posted.<\/p>\n<p>Another warning or three &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/susan-linn\/tooth-fairy-marketing_b_3600039.html?\">marketers are coming for the tooth fairy<\/a> now.\u00a0 Here is s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/josh-golin\/educational-apps-_b_3739634.html\">ome rebuttal<\/a> for the nonsense of apps being marketed for babies, and finally from the RWJF, some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rwjf.org\/en\/about-rwjf\/newsroom\/newsroom-content\/2013\/08\/fast-food-television-ads-use-toys--movies-to-target-kids.html\">harsh truths about fast food advertisers<\/a> and the way they stalk our kids.<\/p>\n<p>If all that is stressing you out, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionforhappiness.org\/stress\">check out this splendid video<\/a> from the Action for Happiness folks.\u00a0 Then feel better.\u00a0 (Cos we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/dr-mark-williamson\/happiness_b_3679605.html\">all are feeling a smidge better<\/a>, apparently).\u00a0 Phew.\u00a0 Night night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies and Gentlegeeks, A few links to warm your heart (or worry your mind &#8230;?) Behold a collection of fab parenting blogs, starting with this excellent post about trusting our children from Bonnie Harris.\u00a0 This is a lovely piece about &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=82\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,5,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}