"the implications of encasing our children in the physical and emotional bubble-wrap of good intentions are both profound and vastly under-appreciated"

feminist home/un-schooling.

"This is like, 'Boy boils egg.' He did something that any 9-year-old could do." -- no kidding. includes link to that map. also, love the Sherlock reference in the comments, and note the "if this were a black or Latino kid on welfare, would anyone have not

"You know deep down that it's ridiculous; your parents didn't have any of this crap and you turned out fine." no kidding. (see also: shrinking circumference of kid's wandering, helicopter parents.)

how meta. (and no, this doesn't mean anything. or at least I don't think it does.)