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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Parent Pop Quiz: One child is holding something that has been banned in America to protect them. Can you guess which one?
At odds?
Mall causes
How to talk to kids about school massacres
So far, I’ve found advice from Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Any child psychologists reading today? Can you point me towards some other (possibly better) sources? Email me here: jason@kottke.org. I will collect the best resources and post here.
step 1: don’t call them “massacres” unless your children are of an age to comprehend the meaning of that word and in context with anything outside of video games. just my opinion. i’m a father of two boys, age 10 and 12.
step 2: first ask what they heard and from who/where. my kids had already heard about this before they got off the school bus today. often times kids are exposed to something like this without the parent being in the loop from the start to, again, establish context for the conversation.
i do agree with the need for support. looking forward to the resource list, Jason.
bring tissues for your kids to Timothy Green as the title of the movie could be misleading to some. (hint: if the movie has “The Life of …” in the title then it’s a good chance that this is foreshadowing the protagonist’s death)
Why my child will be your child's boss
skills son. skills to pay the bills, while running things.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Pablo Picasso
Want to help give a child a gift for Christmas? http://tumblr.com/ZIxnbyD77MyH (Taken with instagram)
How sweet is this? My kids are working hard to collect enough money to buy a gift for the Krispy Kreme Angel Tree in Wake Forest NC. The last paper angel on the tree in WF is a gift for a special 14 year old teen girl. My sons, aged 9 and 11, are trying to raise enough money for an iPod Nano. That’s about $130. They started this morning and have collected $37 total so far from 7 donors. The deadline to receive special gifts for these children, in need of a bit of Christmas cheer, has been extended to December 14th. They have about 2 days to go. Will you help us help this child with her special wish for an mp3 player? Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Monday Update: We’ve now received a total of $97 plus an iPod Nano watch wristband! Incredible. This is such a great help from kind people.
P.S. we will donate the dozen hot glazed doughnuts to a donor chosen at random. We’ve already earned two dozen by sending two gifts for the Angel tree earlier this week.
Violent video games were associated with reduced activity in regions of the brain involved in attention, inhibition, and monitoring of emotions, Dr. Vincent P. Mathews, of Indiana University reported.
In another non-scientific news, “All of the boys” in a sample third grade classroom in North Carolina play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, as reported by my 9 year old son.
In other related news, my 11 year old thinks he should be able to receive COD: MW3 for a Christmas gift this year.
Sigh….
(via Violent Video Games Alter Brain Activity : Internal Medicine News)
