Kids Can Think!

by Stacey
A new study shows that children as young as three or four years old can reflect on their feelings and when given the tools can communicate this to others. According to this brief article in the LA Times, the study tested how small children felt about answers they had given on a test.
UC Davis [...]

Mattel Recall, Behind the Scenes

by Stacey
Weeks after Mattel rocked our world with its stunning back-to-back recalls of over 10 million toys, a picture is emerging of how lead paint got onto the toys in the first place. According to this NY Times article, Mattel had old ties to manufacturers in China and did not do enough oversight of the [...]

Taking the Night Off

by Stacey
After a long day of traveling back from the east coast, I’m realizing I have nothing to post for Wednesday. And so it must be. I’m wiped. I’ll be back on track tomorrow. Have a good one!

Reflections

by Stacey
Earlier this month, the White House announced that first daughter Jenna Bush is getting married. On the face of it, the announcement seemed like another pro forma news event along the lines of the president had a mole removed or the vice president had another heart attack.
But last week, the Washington Post ran [...]

The Open Post

by Stacey
This evening I watched the season finale of HBO’s Big Love and had Mormons on the brain. Then I saw this post on Crabmommy about Mormons and that made me remember the freebirthing post I wrote a couple of weeks ago and the exchange I had with Jennie Hatch who I later found out, [...]

The Color Pink

by Stacey
Perhaps there’s more to pink than pretty. According to this article in TIME magazine, women may be biologically programmed to prefer pink and red, while men prefer green. A study in the August 21st issue of Current Biology found consistent sex differences in color preferences.
Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling, neuroscientists at Newcastle University conducted [...]

bob blanchett

by kristin
have you seen this clip of cate blanchett as bob dylan in the upcoming biopic i’m not there?
and here s/he is again:

what an amazing actor. her dylan impression is especially fresh for me after recently watching no direction home, a documentary about dylan’s early years and his transition from folk purist to [...]

Glad I Had Judy

by Stacey
Judy Blume has updated two of her most memorial novels, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. and Forever with current reproductive health information for young adults. According to Reproductive Health Reality Check, Blume took the menstruation belts out of Margaret and added condoms to Forever. H/t Feministe.
When you can’t count on the [...]

mommy merit badge

by kristin
my 20 month-old, lily, broke her arm last week. well, actually, my friend fell on lily and broke her arm. so that has been a bummer for all three of us, as you can imagine.
yet, as we make our way through this latest challenge, i am once again reminded of my idea [...]

The Open Post

by Stacey
Hello from Cape Cod! We’ve been here since Thursday. So far, we’ve swam in the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay. We’ve eaten lots of seafood and searched for crabs at low-tide. Sage is having a blast on his beach adventures. Sasha, not so much. Yesterday he got bowled over by a wave while [...]