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Portlandia on Parenting Books!
Side-splittingly funny, because it's true!
Portlandia lampoons parenting expert advice books, including ones that recommend avoiding eye contact,…
As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity, New Study…
If anything makes Americans stand tall internationally it is creativity. “American ingenuity” is admired everywhere. We are not the richest country (at least…
The Mind of a Rampage Killer: Avoiding Possible Roots
When PBS aired the show, The Mind of a Rampage Killer, they mention in passing what is likely the major cause behind children, adolescents and adults who…
A Mighty Girl Collection: Forget Pink, Plastic Pop Culture Dolls (and…
My daughter is an Ethiopian born kindergarten-age girl growing up in white America, so when the whole princess thing entered our home, I took an anxious,…
Forced vs. Natural Milestones
As parents, we hear what “experts” claim to be average ages that children meet milestones in our culture. We then tend to compare our children to these averages…
2013: The Space Between Stories
"How can we prepare? We cannot prepare. But we are being prepared."
Every culture has a Story of the People to give meaning to the world. Part conscious and…
Facebook Envy: Houston, We Have a Problem
As social media becomes a bigger and bigger aspect of so many of our lives, it is of utmost importance that we remain very self-aware when using it. While some…
Letter from the Editor, December 2012
(Photo above of Rhea Zimmerman, left, filmmaker, and Lisa Reagan, Kindred's editor, at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in September 2012.)
Dear Kindred…
The Winter Festivals
Naming the Four Weeks of Advent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9zaV8KcZMA
The Winter Festivals
I am…
What if Jesus Had Been Born in the USA?
December is the month when the birth of Jesus preoccupies Christians. But birth issues should preoccupy all of us, always, until we fix our baby-harming system.…