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Skepchick is looking for parents. Not like to fulfill that angry promise we made as kids when we were mad at our own parents. We’re looking for parents who want to blog about parenting. Next month, we...
View ArticleGuide to Convincing Parents to Vaccinate their Children
A couple months ago I posted, here on Skepchick, the marketing research study done by Women Thinking, Inc looking into the most effective types of messaging for convincing parents to vaccinate their...
View ArticleNew Parenting Blog Launched!
Categories: Activism Feminism Meta Stuff Parenting Religion Science SkepticismTags: bloggrounded parentsgrowing upkidsParentingraising kidsToday the Skepchick Network is proudly unrolling our new...
View ArticleHomebirth Safety and Risk
Originally posted at Grounded Parents Trigger Warning for talk regarding neonatal mortality. The relative risks of homebirths versus hospital births is an extremely contentious subject. Previous...
View ArticleWhen Corporations Attempt “Autism Awareness”
This post by Chelsea K originally appeared on Grounded Parents, where you can read the entire article, including updates, and leave a comment. It’s the weekend. You want to go out to eat. You don’t...
View ArticleSex LifeHacks for Parents
Recently, on the Grounded Parents backchannel, we got to discussing sex. And how much we have it. How parenting makes sex near impossible… and I happened to drop in, a little concerned that maybe I’m...
View ArticleCross Post: The Radical Notion that Children are People
Editor’s Note: This cross post from Grounded Parents was written by Cassandra Phoenix. Click through the link at the bottom to read the full post and make comments. ****** I have no beef with people...
View ArticleCross Post: Why Valentine’s Day Sucks For Teens
Editor’s note: This cross post from Grounded Parents was written by Jay. Click through the link at the bottom to read the full post and make comments. ****** They say that being a teenager sucks. If...
View ArticleCross Post: Guns Don’t Kill People, Toddlers Kill People
Editor’s note: This cross post from Grounded Parents was written by Erich Bacher two weeks after Veronica Rutledge was shot in the head by her 2-year-old son. Click through the link at the bottom to...
View ArticleCross-post: Breast Milk is Not Free, so Stop Saying It Is
Editor’s note: This post was originally featured on Grounded Parents and was written by me. In a nutshell: “By saying that breast milk is free, you are undervaluing a mother’s time, physical and...
View ArticleCross-Post: Muppet With Autism Makes Anti-vaxxers Lose Their Shit
Editor’s Note: This cross-post was written by Deek and originally featured on Grounded Parents. If you thought anti-vaxxers couldn’t get worse before now, you are wrong. ****** I guess it was bound to...
View ArticleCross-Post: Don’t Like. Don’t Share. Don’t Comment. Don’t Pray.
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Deek and originally featured on Grounded Parents. A link to the whole article, where you can leave comments, is at the bottom. ****** You may have...
View ArticleSundaylies with Salamanders, Multiverses, John Cleese and more!
Hello friends! It’s me, Surly Amy! Mindy can’t come to the Sundaylies today because she is now a superhero who can control the powers of physics while simultaneously fighting crime in the court room....
View ArticleDon’t Abandon Our Littlest Learners…
We are on our 13th day of social distancing in Case de Amontillado, the official name of the Strange-Isis abode. Some day I’ll write about why we named our house after my favorite macabre tale when we...
View ArticleScience Experiments At Home: A Variation on the Carnation Food Dye Test
Whether you’re stuck at home with the kids or not, this is a pretty neat experiment to try out–and a great opportunity to have your kids experience the scientific process. Science is not just about...
View ArticleHow To Get Fired From Your Quarantine Home Schooling Job In 10 Easy Steps
Like most parents I know, I started our family’s mandatory hiatus from school due to the COVID-19 outbreak with the best-laid plans. By which I mean the best plans I could come up with in two days – a...
View ArticleOn The 1st Day of Winter Break My True Love Gave to Me: A Day That Was Fun...
Yesterday I submitted my grades and had my last lab meeting of 2020. Strange is working this upcoming week. He’s taken Christmas attending coverage every year that we’ve been together, but I have...
View ArticleFocusing on the Cut and Shoot…
I’m not sure that it’s possible to describe the worst day of your life. It’s been almost three weeks since I lost one of the brightest stars at the center of my galaxy. The first week was a whirlwind....
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean For The Show To Go On?
Earlier today a rag-tag group of people gathered in Northridge Park in Coralville, Iowa. I walked over to a table and saw some little children drawing on pennants with puffy paint. They were creating...
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