Archive for the 'Critical Thinking' Category

The Santa Thing

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Of course we’re telling our kid there’s a Santa. We don’t have to really deal with it this year, because he’s only six months old. But yeah, we’re on the Santa bandwagon. And it’s a little weird, because we’re telling him some pretty irrational things for parents who consider themselves rational. [...]

A Rational Halloween

Friday, October 31st, 2008

As an adult who never really outgrew childhood, Halloween is my favorite holiday. Cool weather, candy, costumes, and no religion (for the most part)… what could be better?
Some parents, however, get anxious around All Hallows’ Eve. Kids running amok, candy from strangers, concealed identities, dark nights, horror movies–along with media hype–can snowball into a [...]

I’m in love with STATS.org!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

This is a really great site full of tons of information. Their mission:
STATS is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization affiliated with the George Mason University. Our mission is to improve the quality of scientific and statistical information in public discourse and to act as a resource for journalists and policy makers on scientific [...]

Rational moms of the world unite!