MetaFilter posts tagged with parenting

Too much love in the home?

kimdog — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:56:56 -0800

The Kindergarchy: An essay on modern parenting.

Back-to-school in diapers

grounded — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:57:46 -0800

Kids at school in nappies. Another report claims the average age of toilet-training is now 3 or 4, compared to the former norm of 18 months. Teachers don't want to change diapers; parents say they don't have time to toilet-train. Is our future a continuum of diapers to Depends?

It takes a country

thejimp — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:26:58 -0800

CBC Filter: I guess parenting in Canada ain't what it used to be. The Senate wants to make spanking your children illegal and a Quebec judge quashes a dad's grounding of his 12-year-old daughter.

Underage drinking and parental responsibility?

Grrlscout — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:15:06 -0800

Under current proposals, parents to be fined or prosecuted if their children drink underage Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has proposed that parents of children caught drinking underage would be subject to prosecution. text of speech The amount of drink consumed by youths, especially by girls, has been an ongoing point of discussion in UK politics, particularly in the light of recent stabbings, shootings, and general mayhem (perceived or actual) committed by under-18s. Many milestones of growing up, such as the age of consent or age to voluntarily leave school in the UK are at 16. There has been some discussion about lowering the age of consent to 14 in some cases. The drinking age is currently 18. Given the different thresholds of adulthood, how much control does or should a parent have over their child's underage drinking? How much responsibility do the parents bear?

We're friends now!

miss lynnster — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:15:42 -0800

PBS Frontline explores Growing Up Online. Here's what they learned.

"My Fake Baby"

Avenger50 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:08:49 -0800

"My Fake Baby" is a Channel 4 documentary exploring "the lives of women who spend hundreds of pounds on life-like baby dolls. Loved like real babies, they're taken for walks, cuddled and even have their nappies changed." Parts 2, 3, 4, 5.

Choices, constraints, and the 'mommy track.'

waxbanks — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:34:20 -0800

Insightful, sociological, bitter: A scholar reflects back on her entry into the academic 'mommy track.' An interesting blend of meditation-on-resentment and just-plain-resentment, worth a read both intentionally and un-. [via] As the poster (olderwoman) points out in her first comment, the post nearly/neatly glosses over the fact that it's written from the perspective of a tenured academic. Her post - not quite an 'essay,' thanks - interests me for several reasons: it's emblematic of the limitations and bizarre literary blind spots of online confession/analysis by scholars; it doesn't flinch in describing the anger and (self-/hubby-)loathing baked into so many relationships, affluent and otherwise; it might be a deliciously reflexive demonstration of the nature of self-righteousness or a run-of-the-mill example of it, or something uneasily situated halfway between. I wouldn't actually call this 'best of the web' in aesthetic, scholarly, or confessional terms, but something about its ironies appeals to me. The scholarly blogosphere isn't well represented on MeFi, so there you go. Incidentally, if you have an eye for academic blogs in general, follow the 'via' link to Crooked Timber, one of the best academic group blogs for several years running. A bit predictable in its politics sometimes, but then isn't everyone?

peers over parents

AceRock — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:16:55 -0800

So he didn't read the baby books! BFD says Judith Rich Harris, author of the "No Two Alike", and originator of a controversial theory about personality development. Namely, that when it comes to our kids' adult personalities, what we did as parents doesn't really matter much at all.

Hey Mom And Dad, Leave Those Kids Alone!

amyms — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:52:54 -0800

Leave Those Kids Alone. The idea that parents should be engaging in play with their children is a modern concept (and not necessarily a good one, according to anthropologist David Lancy). Via.

Children are humiliating.

BrotherCaine — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:57:47 -0800

Even a misopedist such as myself has to laugh at the comments on humiliating moments in parenting.