Slate is reporting today on a new study from Cornell University that links increased television watching with increased autism rates. It’s nice to have some scientific backing for a philosophy Kate and I think is important just on the face of it. Surprisingly, we have received a bit of push-back on our desire to not [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Watching TV
October 16, 2006
How to kiss a baby
October 15, 2006
The season premier of Battlestar Galactica contained a noteworthy scene. In it a woman is lying on a cot, holding her baby. She’s having a conversation with her husband who is sitting behind her. During the conversation, she bends over and gives her baby a kiss on the cheek. I immediately paused the Tivo and [...]
Hope for the Princesses
October 14, 2006
Ruby and I went down to the park yesterday. She rolled around on a blanket while I kicked a soccer ball around the field. After I’d been there a while, a few girls (maybe 10 or 11 years old?) came by and started playing a game. Guess what they were playing? FOOTBALL. There were no boys [...]