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<p class="author_teaser">Blogger, GoExploreNature.com</p>
<p>Yes, I'm a <em>huge</em> fan of spending time in nature with my kids. And yes, I live in an urban jungle. In the seven years since having kids, I've developed a few skills that come in quite handy if you're trying to connect kids with nature when you're not actually <em>in</em> nature. </p>
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<p class="author_teaser">Writer, Liberal Arts Faculty and Assistant Dean</p>
<p>Seeking live-in babysitter for technologically handicapped middle-aged adult. "Mom," as she's known, is generally easy-going and well-behaved, but must be monitored with vigilance around all digital devices. </p>
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<p class="byline_timestamp"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martin-salisbury">Martin Salisbury</a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/morag-styles"> and Morag Styles</a>, 03/09/12</p>
<p>We examine the role of the picture book in introducing children to the visual arts as well as language, and consider important issues such as the appropriateness of certain subjects and styles of illustration for children.</p>
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<p class="byline_timestamp"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-blumenthal">John Blumenthal</a>, 03/09/12</p>
<p class="author_teaser">Novelist, 'Three and a Half Virgins"; screenwriter, 'Blue Streak'; curmudgeon</p>
<p>So here's the question, guys: Why is this considered a "women's issue"? </p>
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<p>Language is a living thing, regularly pruning words that once had benign meaning ("retarded", for instance, was a medical term for "slowed") after they take on connotations beyond their original point. This process is not just window dressing or political correctness but rather a chance and provides a regular re-evaluation of whether we are saying what we really mean. <br />
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<p>Disney is so desperate to not only chase the young male demos that is willing to risk alienating the young female demos that has netted it billions of dollars over the many decades. </p>
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<p>Sure there are family field trips to go on, movies to watch, and adventures to take part in, but all too often by about Tuesday afternoon most parents are going to start hearing, "I'm bored!" Why not invite them into your kitchen and start cooking with them? </p>
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<p>While church-related schools have the right to make policies in keeping with their creeds, they do not have the right to create environments of inquisition and shame for young citizens of our country. </p>
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<p class="author_teaser">Lecturer in literature and translation, University of East Anglia</p>
<p>Perhaps if there were more children's books that dared to show LGBTQ people adopting, working with surrogates, going to sperm banks, or meeting co-parents, there would be more understanding about what it means to make and raise babies in non-traditional ways.</p>
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