Archive for November, 2008
December Project
To make up for a slow-blogging November, Skepdad is aiming for updates five days a week in December. And not just mini-blog posts either… Monday to Sunday: 5 posts! Watch for it.
Another Skeptical Parent Crossing
So you didn’t get enough of the great skeptical parenting writing the first time around. You’re in luck. The skeptic dad is on deck for round two of the Skeptical Parent Crossing.
FALL IN LINE, CADETS! SOME OF YOU VOLUNTEERED, SOME OF YOU WERE RECRUITED, BUT WHILE YOU’RE IN MY PARENTING BOOT CAMP, YOU WILL ANSWER ME WITH “YES, DRILL SERGEANT” WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU. IS THAT CLEAR, MAGGOTS?
Sir! Yes, SIR!
You can examine my contribution by simply scrolling down a little further on this blog to the first entry in my (perhaps to be) series called “Skepdad on Sex” and the — what was I THINKING — eloquently named “Friday Fizzicle” topic. Enjoy.
Additionally, Skepdad will be hosting the Skeptical Parent Crossing in January. Stay tuned. And check out the BLOG CARNIVAL for how you can join in this particular circus.
Wednesday Wild Card: Twin Troubles
After the dust had settled on the excitement of our own pregnancy, now years ago, the question of careers was quick to rear its head. That is to say in these days of less specific gender roles, a marriage like ours of equal opportunity parenting, a relationship built on an attempt to balance the partnership, the question of who would be taking the parental leave was not necessarily a given. Would The Wife take six months and leave six for me? Would she take it all and put her career on hold? Would we take six months together? A new baby was going to be a handful, we realized, and we had best maximize the benefit for ourselves and our new kid. Perhaps if we had been faced with the prospect of twins, those questions would have been the same, but the answers would been a little different. And I’d like to think that like an Ottawa couple making news this week, we would have pushed the system to the benefits of our offspring.
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Obama Trend
What does the election of Barack Obama mean for the course of science and science education in the US in the coming four years? How will this impact internationally? Discuss.
Purity
We watched a documentary last night on TLC about the Purity Movement. Nothing like a good old fashioned biblical excuse to wrap one’s daughter in a bubble of ignorance and second class gender roles like a “sign this contract with your dad re: sex” to set society back a couple centuries. It’s as if they’re not even reading skepdad!
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THE SKEPDAD BLOG is a place for rational, science-minded fathers to express their thoughts, opinions, and ideas about bringing up kids to be critical thinking adults in a world filled with superstition, mysticism, and pseudoscience.
- MINIBLOG: So. Much. Text. - Ok. So five articles a weeks is quickly becoming a little overwhelming for my hectic life. I am revising my estimates, and will aim for mere quality over quantity.
COMMENTS: None. First Post? - MINIBLOG: Daily Posts: Week One - As promised, I’ll be posting five days per week in December. I’ve decided that the theme for week one is “lists” — as astute readers may have already noticed. Suggestions for week two?
COMMENTS: None. First Post? - MINIBLOG: December Project - To make up for a slow-blogging November, Skepdad is aiming for updates five days a week in December. And not just mini-blog posts either… Monday to Sunday: 5 posts! Watch for it.
COMMENTS: None. First Post? - MINIBLOG: Obama Trend - What does the election of Barack Obama mean for the course of science and science education in the US in the coming four years? How will this impact internationally? Discuss.
COMMENTS: Multiple. Add something! - TWITTER: skepdad is home with a sick kid. Rivers of snot floweth freely. >>
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