I'm late posting this, but thanks to Patricia for sharing the link:

Sesame Street: The Show that Counts

Happy Father's Day to the dads reading this.

It seems appropriate to link to a parenting article given the date of this post; I thought this piece from the New York Times was well worth a read:

When Mom and Dad Share It All

This is enough to make me gag:

Parents are "party training" kidsEssentially, they're using their children to pimp their own political agendas. Never mind when little Susie and Timmy grow brains of their own and are royally ticked off at Mom and Dad for prostituting them out as advertising; I'd be pretty angry to have pictures of me in a party line ( Read more... )

Those of you with children still in diapers may find this to be of interest:

From Popgadget:

Environmentally friendly diapers

I'm especially curious to hear what the parents on my list have to say about this article from Australia's News.com:

Critical dads 'devastate' new moms

Albuquerque theater bans babies from certain shows after 6 pmThis is interesting for several reasons. Does it mean that, after all the hand-wringing at the Oscars, movie theater owners are desperate enough for business that they're willing to exclude customers that they perceive to be a noise risk in order to retain the business of the quieter ( Read more... )

I think this is an interesting situation, not the least of which because of the failure by some of the parties to realize that it's about manners and appropriate conduct, not about hating children. It's also noteworthy that people are becoming more vocal and open about the conflict as the American nuclear family continues to shrink:

Stirring Up ( Read more... )

I tend to dislike parents who pierce their infant's ears ( Read more... )

I'm too astonished and horrified to write much about this. Assuming we have any civil liberties left in ten years, I hope some of these children sue have a really stern talk with their parents for putting them through such a thing ( Read more... )

Hee. :) Those with offspring will, I think, like this post from orthoepy. Heck, I don't even have children, and I found it amusing, but I think those with little ones will enjoy it even more.