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more about #kids more comments → Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Er, no Paperbag Princess? Srsly? more » whynotshesaid: This lady just needed to hand her kids some Beverly Cleary, Scott O'Dell and Judy Blume, and she'd have accomplished her goal. And when they get a bi... more » Jenloveshercurves: The Paper Bag Princess. Loved it as a kid. more » maude_flanders: I would add both "Jacob Have I Loved" (man, do I love that book...I loved it as a kid, and love it more as an adult, b/c I can identify with Sarah Lou... more » Cimorene: I am obsessed with this topic. I come from a very conservative family, and I'm convinced that the reason I am a super radical feminist is my reading l... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Pippi kicks ass, as does the lesser-known but just as cool horse-loving surly girl Penny Pollard. [www.latrobe.edu.au] more » Hana Maru: I actually trace the genesis of my feminist awakening back to the Little House books, not that they articulated feminist views, but just reading the s... more » curiousgeorgiana: You know what I just realized was more important than reading all of these great books as a kid? Having a dad that read them with me. He made the pr... more » katie.scarlett.o'hara: Lyra Belacqua/Silvertongue. My favorite girl heroine EVAR. more » Hana Maru: I think it's definitely important to seek out books with central female characters, not only for girls, but for boys, so they don't grow up to be the ... more » ihateyourescalade: I have never been thrilled with the supposed feminist message in "Free to Be...You and Me." Basically it says it's OK to be a girl as long as you're n... more » hello.kitty: Would also add Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH. I remember she was a kick @ss mother! more » hello.kitty: I have two sons and I used to read them 'girly books'. We had the whole Madeline collectionfor my older boy. He also loved Ariel the Little Mermaid. ... more » Ipomoea: Arrows of the Queen trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, Weetzie Bat, Robin McKinley's books, all the L. M. Montgomery books (even if they weren't radically re... more » judgingamy: THIS. This post is great. When I was in 3rd grade, a teacher asked me what i liked to read. I said i liked stories with women. Then she gave me a boo... more » -
#storytime
Can The Right Books Make Feminist Kids?
Writer Viv Groskop field-tested some feminist books on her two little kids, and found that the answer to the question, "Can you radicalise young children in a few easy reads?" is, unsurprisingly, no. More » -
#babyboom
The Baby Planners Are "A Victory For All Of Us"
As first-world luxuries go, here's one bit of modern absurdity that I've actually always seen the point of: the baby planner. Well, to a point:
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#kidstoday
The Mommy Wars: "Quite Simply I Hate Your Baby."
In what she might herself term a "shark-bait" piece in Salon, Lynn Harris asks: why does everyone hate mommies?
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#kidstoday
De-Overparenting Is The New Overparenting
In a rather disturbing bit of irony, parents can now take classes that teach them how to parent less. More » -
#veggietales
The Challenges Of Raising Kids Vegetarian
Today's LA Times brings up an interesting issue (and one that Jonathan Safran Foer will surely face at some point): how do you raise kids vegetarian without making mealtime a battle? More » -
#fatherlyadvice
To Benefit Kids, Give Dads Their Due
Bad moms, good moms, moms who drink — the media is so mother-centric these days that it's easy to forget many kids also have a male parent. But according to the New York Times, we ignore dads at our peril. More » -
#halloweenies
First, They Came For The Ax Murderers: Censorship Of Kids' Halloween Costumes
According to the Times, some schools are now banning kids from wearing Halloween costumes that are "too scary - or offensive, gross or saddening." So what's left? More » -
#boobtube
Kids Today
According to new figures, kids aged 2-5 are watching an average of 32 hours of television a week, and although there was a brief leveling off thanks to the internet, adults are watching more TV as well. [NYPost] -
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#spoileralert
This Does Not End Well.
"Bob Elston and one of his friends took their 11-year-old sons [to Hooters] after their Saturday morning football game...the well-intentioned dads saw the outing as a way to demystify sex to see how the boys conducted themselves around women." [NPR] -
#youmakemewanna
"This Is So The Issue Right Now"
Oh dear. Oh no. It seems today's anti-spanking, "pregnancy-flaunting, soccer-cheering, organic-snack-proffering generation of parents" have a dark secret: sometimes they yell at their kids. More » -
#dontlooknow
Watching TV As A Family Can Be Traumatic
When we were little, whenever a sex scene came on in a movie, my dad would holler "INAPPROPRIATE!" and my brother and I would run out of the room screaming: More » -
#warnings
Advisory: WTWTA May Be Hazardous To Parental Health
"When [5-year-old Claire] returned home, she threw her own tantrum, bit her mother very hard (something she does not do), and told her she was going to run away from home and go to where the wild things are." [CNN] -
#ledivorce
Irreconcilable Differences: When Kids Dump Their Parents
As reiterated on this past Sunday's 60 Minutes, actress/producer/director Drew Barrymore had herself emancipated from her parents at the age of 15. But that's a drastic option...right? More » -
#maghag
Kids In Milk: Cooler & Better Dressed Than You
It's tough to describe why I'm obsessed with Milk, the French child-oriented high-fashion mag for parents, since I don't have kids and often claim that I don't like kids (due to decades, yes decades of babysitting). Maybe I'm jealous?
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#sparetherod
Is America Ready For A "Spanking Ban?"
One New Year's, my family went to stay at one of those Catskills resorts, now closed, that catered to Jews of a certain era. Think Dirty Dancing with less Swayze, more sour cream. And one day someone smacked a child: More » -
#homesweetschool
Why Are Home-Schoolers So Annoying?
Salon's Andrew O'Hehir wonders why people are so offended when he tells them his kids are home-schooled. After reading his long and impassioned defense of home-schooling, I have some ideas.
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#beautifulthings
Beauty Queen Shaves Her Head For Charity
A year ago, Miss Virginia crown-holder Tara Wheeler promised to shave her head for charity. Pageant officials consented—if she could raise $500,000. Although Wheeler didn't end up raising the entire sum, she went bald anyway. More » -
#leftovers
Semenya "Shattered" By Ordeal • Warning Issued For Breast Pumps
• According to reports, Caster Semenya has been "completely shattered" by the results of her gender testing. An athletics official from South Africa said Semenya reads every paper thoroughly, and has "no escape" from the constant publicity. • More » -
#sparetherod
Study: Spanking Worse For Kids Than Yelling
According to a study, kids who were spanked at age one were more likely to be aggressive at two, and cognitively behind their peers at three. Verbal punishment didn't seem to produce these ill effects. [CNN] -
#notablequotable
Uma Thurman, Doomsayer
"[T]hat's the worst mistake a woman can make, to think, Oh, I'm 32 and I've had two kids [...] and now it's going to get easier. Because as soon as you think that, you're doomed!" — Uma Thurman [W]
