Bookworm on Oct 01 2008 | Filed under: Britain, Children, Climate change, England
It was only yesterday that the creepy video emerged from Hollywood showing kids singing a song of worship to the golden world that will emerge when Obama ascends to the White House. In connection with that video, I noted that the indoctrination of children reminded me very strongly of the way in which Hitler, with [...]
Bookworm on Sep 30 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Children
One of the most horrific things about both the Nazis and the Communists was the way in which they indoctrinated children. Children were encouraged to place the State — and especially the state’s leader, whether Hitler or Stalin — above the family, and to give their loyalty to the former, not the latter. Unhappy parents [...]
Bookworm on Aug 07 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Even thought I didn’t and couldn’t post yesterday, it didn’t mean I wasn’t paying attention. I have a whole bunch of links I want to share with you. I won’t take too much time on any one link, because I have only a short time before the Mom stuff starts again (summer, you know), but [...]
Bookworm on Jun 16 2008 | Filed under: Britain, Children, England
I have to admit that I never potty trained my children. Instead, I sent them to a Montessori preschool. By the time each was about 25 months old, he or she was completely potty trained. The Montessori approach simply integrates visits to the potty into the toddler curriculum. Since the teacher [...]
Bookworm on Jun 16 2008 | Filed under: Children, Communism, Parenting
I never thought about it, but I was running my house like a commune. The kids had chores to do, of course, but the incentive was the greater good, my approbation, and an allowance that, in their minds, had no relationship to the tasks demanded. The kids did not find these incentives inspiring, and the [...]
Bookworm on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Children, Silly Stuff
I don’t remember how the conversation started, but a few days ago I found myself explaining to my children that, amongst all human beings, regardless of their race or culture, there is one common denominator for beauty: symmetry. This means that whether a culture measures beauty by fair or dark skin, light or [...]
Bookworm on Apr 02 2008 | Filed under: Education
Every election, education is a big issue for voters, because Americans have a strong feeling that public schools are not serving their kids well. Many blame funding for the problem. As regular readers know, I tend not to blame either funding or the individual teachers. Instead, I believe that the methodology embraced [...]
Bookworm on Mar 19 2008 | Filed under: Children
I had my day all planned. I was going to head out early for a one hour talk at the local school regarding cyber bullying, and then I was going to come home and blog a while about Obama’s speech, since I’ve had more time to think about it. But the best laid plans and [...]
Bookworm on Mar 03 2008 | Filed under: Children
Last night, my husband had the kids join him while he watched the last 45 minutes of Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe. I blogged about it here. If you haven’t watched it — and I don’t recommend it — I would summarize it briefly as an incredibly stupid anti-War, anti-American movie that cannot be salvaged [...]
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