[image source] We were examining seedless grapes after dinner, biting them in half to see what they look like inside, holding them up to light to examine the veining, peeling the skin off with our teeth. We noticed that they… Read More ›
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Of magic and mythology: Reality-based parenting
[image source] “Mummy, what are ‘gods’?”. I was caught a little by surprise, but I think we did ok in the end. After a moment’s thought, I explained that they were figures invented by people. That different human civilisations share… Read More ›
Weekend kid art: what’s on his mind
The lad has become rather fascinated with rules, robbers, and law and order. He is hopping mad that “squiggle-robbers” have graffitied the sign and wall at his kindy, and keeps coming up with plans to trap any robbers that try… Read More ›
“Seen And Heard”: Children in public spaces
The dearth of children in public spaces is too often decried purely in terms of The! Obesity! Crisis!!1! But there are much better reasons to encourage children back into the public world, and they’re reasons not readily addressed by a… Read More ›
Friday Feminism on the run: Nice Guys (TM) redux and what makes an ideal husband and father
Over at Feministe, Jill dissects a particularly loopy column/movie review from Jill Stanek (dialled up several notches even from her notoriously loose grip on what passes for analysis), where Stanek ends up in her column’s comments thread being reduced to… Read More ›
Bobby’s Dairy: “Your baby cannot have your milk.”
Moving house is sucking all my blogergy, so here’s a tale for you. Trish and Bobby. [Image source] Background to this story: Bobby was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This is a congenital defect in which the left side… Read More ›
Smug married guy, you don’t know anything about single mothers
I’m chuffed to welcome bluemilk back to Hoyden About Town for this guest post. Bluemilk is an Australian feminist mother, posting about life, love and mummy-myths over at bluemilk.wordpress.com ~ Lauredhel. ~~~ I was so frustrated by this discussion over… Read More ›
Rwandan rape victim photo wins prize
That’s the headline from Reuters, and its starkness is almost compulsory in light of the story behind the portrait. The woman below, Joseline Ingabire, is embracing her second daughter Leah, conceived after months of repeated rapes, while her first daughter… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: a Flickrfind
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Hoydens, originally uploaded by shelley1685. These girls are relaxing at the annual Rabbit Stick gathering in… Read More ›
Kid-farming for fun and profit
So. Childcare. There was a great comment by Jo on Larvatus Prodeo about the economic history of community-based and for-profit childcare . It’s buried in a long thread, so I thought I’d pull it out here, as it deserves more… Read More ›
