Skeptical Parent Crossing #6
Hi skeptical parents, and welcome to the sixth edition of skeptical parent crossing! Sit back and get ready for a healthy dose of parental skepticism as parents like you question common wisdom and other claims.
First, we’ve got a set of posts about dad’s role in parenting. Blake talks about how stay-at-home-dads face a set of cultural assumptions that are quite a bit different than those placed on moms in At-Home Fatherhood. Emma asks if some of these assumptions are encouraged and perpetuated by the moms, in Dads: Parenting or Babysitting? And Dan’s t-ball coaching adventure illustrates that even doing a traditional “dad” activity is real parenting.
Dr. Alan Singer talks about rationally weighing the risks of different types of dangers in Shiri is Right; Everything’s Bad for You. On a related note, one of the Rational Moms investigates whether she should worry about smoke residue in her car in Third Hand Smoke–How Much Do I Worry About This One?
Figur8 questions advice about spoiling your baby with love in The Relationship Between Babies and Vitamin L for Love.
Dale talks about how the super-popular kids’ book Olivia feeds current pathological drive for super-parenting to produce superkids in The Dark Side of Olivia.
Then Podblack talks about a mom who uses her eight-year-old daughter in her psychic show in The ‘Child Psychic’ – Dr Krissy Wilson Speaks Out On Today Tonight.
And for our carnival’s grand finale, Skepdad Brad gives us a comprehensive and skeptical look at the plethora of potty-training advice out there in Potty Training Advice For the Skeptical Parent.
That’s it this month, folks. Be sure to tune in next month when Skeptical Parent Crossing will be hosted at Clashing Culture! And between now an then, consider submitting your articles here.
Esther Said,
March 22, 2009 @ 5:37 am
Oops, I blew it again!
Sorry I didn’t get my act together top contribute this time, but you really have a great collection here.
chanson Said,
March 22, 2009 @ 10:57 am
Thanks Esther — I hope to see your contribution next time!!!
I just discovered that the new Carnival of the Godless and Humanist Symposium appeared today as well. I meant to submit my post about my “out at work” history to one or the other of them, but I forgot…
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