Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those ”Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses.
They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect.
Watching TV and Feeling Terrified
Headline News becomes the biggest source of information we use to make our decisions. Not our own experience. Not our own observations of our own neighborhoods. The news, which, by definition, brings us the most shocking and unusual stories it can find and then repeats them in order to fill day after day of 24-hour news cycles.
It Takes Two To Tutor A Sparrow
It may take a village to raise a child, and apparently it takes at least two adult birds to teach a young song sparrow how and what to sing.
Fascinating!
Three-year-old raises $500 to help children get art supplies
Now that’s what I call being the change you want to see in the world. What an amazing display of empathy from such a young child.
Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., are being asked to refrain from playing beer pong, a communal drinking game, after an outbreak of illness that officials feared might be swine flu.
Can you guess where this gem of a quote is from? The Onion? Saturday Night Live? Perhaps The Daily Show?
Joshua Hoffine: Horror Photography
These are amazingly terrifying photo illustrations (a combination of photography and CG). Not for the easily frightened. The clown one gave me the super whillies.
Childhood 101: DIY Decorating with Kids: Felt Board Fireplace Screen
I am stealing this idea. I just have to figure out how to make it work with my curved fireplace opening.
Whatever The 'Balloon Boy' Lesson Is, We've Apparently Already Forgotten It - Monkey See Blog : NPR
This is such great commentary. Not having live television has its benefits sometimes.
Paper Bag Leaves, a tutorial
A lovely and earthy autumn craft idea. Very simple, too.
These couldn’t be easier to make – simply dip half of the cookie in melted white chocolate and add miniature chocolate chips for “eyes.”
