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Micromanage Much?

    We live in an adultist culture. What does that mean? For a quick definition of adultism, here are a few Wikipedia quotes: Adultism has been defined as “the power adults have over children”… Adultism is commonly seen as negative with the logic that, “If sexism is wrong because it valorizes an exclusively male perspective, then adultism is [...]

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Did I go too far?

The launch of this blog happily coincided with a piece that ran on babble.com titled (by their editors) Are You Damaging Your Kid’s Self-Esteem? 3 things you should stop doing immediately. The tone of the piece was a bit more hardcore than my usual self-deprecating, humor-laced nonetheless serious stuff so I was curious, and a [...]

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