tingilinde

on helicopter parenting

Maybe this is a good approach, maybe not .. but it's clear helicopter parenting isn't. 

snip

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In the back yard, a mom told Lansbury that her two-year-old throws tantrums every time he’s told no, bonking his head against the floor. Lansbury looked at the tiny culprit. “Sometimes you go down on the ground because you don’t like it when someone says no?” she asked. Turning to his mother, she suggested putting a blanket under his head, so he wouldn’t hurt himself. “He’s got a right to object,” she continued. “It’s so healthy for them!”

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(odd note - Finns call it snowplow parenting)

 

political interference in the 2020 census

One guess

These guys really hate the notion of Democracy.

a tip of the hat to Jim

 

on cdc guidelines

(since this was posted they've been improved a little.. perhaps not enough)

 

the decline of factual truth in public discourse

There's been a big shift in the past forty years.

 

language isn't static

Ovaltine probably wouldn't use this vintage ad today.

 

 

snollygoster

I came across the word in a 1858 letter by James Clerk Maxwell 

Someone totally unprincipled, but very shrewd.   So Facebook is singularly snollygosterish. 

 

 

a strange lead-in to letterpress

John V Fleming on is process for printing Christmas cards 

Normally such things would be boring, but I'm fond of his style.

 

on lifeboats

Yup..

 

 

a year ago

 

A year ago today, a male president got so angry about losing the election that he incited a mob to invade the capitol.

I never again want to hear that women would be "too emotional" to be president.

 

 

cultural differences

What hand does the ring finger go on and who removes shoes when entering a house?