Posts Tagged ‘parenting frameworks’

Friday Fizzicle: Skepdad on Sex, Part 1

I ask myself: as the father of a daughter who’s age we still count in months, when is the right time to wade into the messy waters of sex education? While I suppose breaching the subject at this point in time would be fairly pointless, it is something that I think parents need to have a good understanding of well in advance of that looming day when the topic becomes a necessary conversation. I also think, whatever your moral standpoint on the subject, ignorance and avoidance by you is just going to put your kid into a vulnerable position. That said, I do have some strong, if perhaps a little abstract, convictions on the subject and think — if nothing else — turning those abstractions into concrete ideas now is only going make things easier down the line.

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Full text from October 31, 2008 by Brad
Filed as: Reasoned Education, Skepdad thoughts

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Tuesday Media Watch: Realistic TV

Tuesdays? Wrapping the mind around too much TV culture.

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the so-called “skeptical mind” and I’ve reconciled with myself that much of what defines that kind of personality is a strong sense of realism. Take that statement literally — the forever-fact-checker, scientific, analytical mind — or take it as a kind of objective observation, but either way there is a strong sense of “let’s not kid ourselves” mentality that bubbles to the surface of our personalities. So when I start thinking about the arguments, for and against, kids and television the skeptic in me needs to take a step back and just say: let’s not kid ourselves here.

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Full text from April 29, 2008 by Brad
Filed as: Critical Thought Toolkit

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