Mina: You need to let him know that you do have feelings and that you do care. Is that not the duty of a parent?

Wolfgang: The duty of a parent, your majesty, is to ensure that the child learns the skills necessary to survive on its own. To provide it with the strength to live on after the parent has died.

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Thomas Cole's "The Course of Empire" & "The Voyage of Life"

If you think you have seen serious post partum, imagine being the child of this Danish artist...

Remember when there were empty lots and 10-20 kids to play?

Since we are talking about childhood, I guess you should beware both Greeks & School Districts bearing gifts...

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My two younger sons belong to the after school chess club. They had their regional competition on February 13th.


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Cracked does it again. 7 things "good parents" do (that screw up kids for life)
"We have previously mentioned how the whole self-esteem movement turned a whole lot of people into dicks, because they emotionally can't handle anyone who doesn't boost their ego. We further theorized that this gave birth to the modern douchebag movement"

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There are several topics making the rounds in the blogosphere. The OTO is "promulgating" this or "promulgating" that. All the while, the Crowley works, including the Thoth deck, become more and more rare. While I do appreciate the rising value of my book collection, it seems to be a rather heavily conflicted approach. Is verbally espousing "same- ( Read more... )

First let me clarify that my children were merely bystanders. There was no evidence linking  them to the fire.

My children's elementary and middle school caught on fire. The children were counted and taken to the nearby library. From there they called me and explained that the children could not walk home (it was still within 10 or so blocks of my ( Read more... )

You know how your cat will hunt and bring you the prey? They theorize that this is because they do not see you hunting and they want to make sure you eat. My children do the same thing on Halloween. At least the chocolate is more appetizing than the mouse.
Zombies, we all secretly (or not so secretly) love them -- but why? With Night of the Living ( Read more... )

• Feminist wet dream unlikely. Deteriorating Y-Chromosome does not spell extinction of the male half of the species.
  
  
• "You can imagine that this type of law makes adults less eager to volunteer for schools, Scouts or any activity with kids involved, because they have to undergo (and often pay for) security checks first. But what’s worse is that in ( Read more... )

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