Unstable surroundings have lasting effects on youth well-being

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-unstable-effects-youth.html

New Comic Strip Found: Baby Blues - 2025-08-28 https://www.gocomics.com/babyblues/2025/08/28

My daughter is on a Lufthansa flight that will eventually get her to her study abroad location in Italy!!!
#Parenting
#Eeeeeeeek

It's hard to balance #parenting with being a joyless communist, especially when my kids want #zuru's cynical plastic crap
#nzpol #nz

I forgot my toothpaste, so I'm using the children's. Theirs tastes so much better.

Went on a little #boat trip on the #river Schwentine, which flows into #Kiel, with the children today. Nice and quiet; saw different birds, some Nutria (aka a coypu, or in German Biberratte [lit. Beaver-Rat], which does look like a cross between those animals) and some turtles sunning themselves.

The captain even let the children steer the boat for a bit and honk the horn.

A quotation from Bill Watterson

CALVIN: Hey Dad, how does a carburetor work?
CALVIN’S DAD: I can’t tell you.
CALVIN: Why not?
CALVIN’S DAD: It’s a secret.
CALVIN: No it isn’t! You just don’t know!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1987-06-03)

More info about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/78636…

The Little One is now working on the cookbook you always wanted.

(or I always wanted)

[having a health emergency]
My kids: Can I have a snack?

Carnivore diet sparks big family feud over feeding butter to a baby

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The “carnivore baby” diet has divided social media for weeks – and a new Reddit post shows it’s causing tension in at least one family. In a post on the popular r/Beyon…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition #children'shealth #Food&Drink #Lifestyle #nutrition #parenting
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2253333/carnivore-diet-sparks-big-family-feud-over-feeding-butter-to-a-baby/

Carnivore diet sparks big family feud over feeding butter to a baby https://www.diningandcooking.com/2253333/carnivore-diet-sparks-big-family-feud-over-feeding-butter-to-a-baby/ #Children'sHealth #food #Food&Drink #Lifestyle #nutrition #parenting

Me: "Please put some trousers on"
Child B, kneeling in front of a draw full of trousers: "But I don't like any of them!"

The extraordinary will take care of itself.

Experts worried by rise in corporal punishment of children

A survey published by the Central Union for Child Welfare indicates that more parents are once again resorting to physical punishment of children after decades of decline.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20179620

Have your cargo bike and now need a child seat or two to haul the kids to school? We gauged the reactions of the kids to judge which are the best all-rounders for comfort and safety:

https://www.cyclingelectric.com/buyers-guides/the-best-child-and-baby-seats-for-bikes-2025

Me - “Fight the power!”

Also Me, to my kids - “Hold on a sec you lot…”

Teach about Resistance and Action with film! Our new Learning Guide for The Fast Runner invites students to consider what it means to be an upstander.

This resource takes Jewish Resistance in the Holocaust as its starting point, and then expands its scope to explore standing up for human rights in other historical contexts. It features a glossary of useful terms, discussion questions, extension activities, and additional resources. It also includes two printable handouts and a classroom-ready printable worksheet. For grades 6-12.

Check out the link in the comments to get the new Learning Guide for The Fast Runner along with recommendations for related resources.

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/the-fast-runner/

@education @edutooters @histodons

I've recently begun introducing my nearly four year old daughter to the films of Hayao Miyazaki.

The other day, she woke me up in the morning to tell me, "Daddy, I want to meet the real Totoro."

Don't we all, darling. Don't we all.