![]() Non-parents/guardians that still have pressing questions for parents can utilize the weekly "Ask Parents Anything" thread in this sub or visit r/AskParents. Indicate you're a parent or guardian, or self-select your user flair, to avoid confusion/accidental moderation. However, it’s okay for anyone to comment, provided it’s on-topic and within rules. Parents/guardians are any person who has substantial decision-making authority in a child's life.Only Parents or Guardians May Create New Posts.We also recommend /r/relationships, /r/legaladvice and /r/family. r/Parenting is a subreddit for anything related to the controlled chaos we call parenting.ĭo you have a question for parents? Head over to /r/AskParents.ĭid your kid say something awesome? Join us at /r/thingsmykidsaid.Īre you a caregiver or nanny? Check out /r/nanny. ![]() ![]() Make this subreddit a better place! Vote and participate in the new section and report rule violations. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() This story is full of understated horror and emotion. X records the demise of her parents and sister and there is a hint that she can recognise one of her friends who has been turned. She hides in a cellar during the day and goes out to forage for food at night, always on the alert for the Uglies. ![]() Given the chance, they would kill her, or infect her with their madness through a bite or even a scratch. She doesn’t tell us anything about how this horrific situation came about, but we are quickly drawn into her terrifying world, which is now inhabited by creatures that she calls “Uglies”. She is the only member of her immediate family to survive and she decides to record some of her experiences in a diary. X is a teenaged girl, who has survived a devastating, apocalyptic experience. X by Jack Croxall is a very good short story, written for a YA audience, but with appeal to all who love well written fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Professor Small joins pediatricians, child-development researchers, and anthropologists across the country who are studying to what extent the way we parent our infants is based on biological needs and to what extent it is based on culture-and how sometimes what is culturally dictated may not be what's best for babies. In this ground-breaking book, anthropologist Meredith Small reveals her remarkable findings in the new science of ethnopediatrics. ![]() But as scientists are discovering, much of the trusted advice that has been passed down through generations needs to be carefully reexamined. New parents are faced with innumerable decisions to make regarding the best way to care for their baby, and, naturally, they often turn for guidance to friends and family members who have already raised children. A thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, Our Babies, Ourselves is the first book to explore why we raise our children the way we do-and to suggest that we reconsider our culture's traditional views on parenting. ![]() ![]() It is the discovery of a grotesque series of medieval panelled wall paintings during renovations that may hold the key to financial survival. Some 600 years later, Damia Miller is appointed to promote the now penniless Kineton and Dacre College. In 1385, master mason Simon of Kineton is given free rein by wealthy London vintner, Richard Daker, to build a college of learning for the common man with English as the medium of teaching – a dangerous concept in a period when the Roman church had the monopoly on knowledge and required prospective scholars to be priests and to acquire their learning through Latin. ![]() ![]() A debut novel for Alis Hawkins, Testament bridges time, beginning in the late 14th century and ending in the present day. ![]() ![]() ( based on the folk etymology for the character 仙, a compound of the characters for person and mountain) sage living high in the mountains mountain-man hermit recluse.( in popular Chinese literature) genie elf, fairy nymph 仙境 ( xian jing is fairyland, faery).( in Chinese mythology) wizard magician shaman sorcerer.( or by extension) alchemical, dietary, or qigong methods for attaining immortality.( in Chinese alchemy) alchemist one who seeks the elixir of life one who practices longevity techniques.( in Daoist religion and pantheon) physically immortal immortal person an immortal saint. ![]()
![]() ![]() At first suspicion falls upon Anne Protheroe, the Colonel’s unhappy wife, and Lawrence Redding, the man with whom she has been having an affair. The novel is set, like many of the other Marple novels, in the village of St Mary Mead, a place where everyone knows everyone else and nobody’s behaviour goes unnoticed! When Colonel Protheroe is found dead in the study at the vicarage, shot while waiting for the vicar to return home, Miss Marple and the other villagers immediately begin to gossip and to speculate on who the murderer could be. I have read most of the later Marple novels, but never this one and I thought it would be interesting to go back to the beginning and read the book that introduced Miss Marple to the world of crime fiction. This month’s theme for Read Christie 2021 is ‘a story starring a vicar’ and the chosen title is an obvious one – The Murder at the Vicarage, which was first published in 1930 and is the first book in the Miss Marple series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wes has stadiums packed with screaming fans, ESPN is all over him, and the NFL wants him badly. His heart belongs to Justin, even though the world wants it to belong to football. The truth? Wes isn’t dreaming about an NFL contract. But he couldn’t stop himself.Įveryone’s asking questions about Wes this season: How is he playing so well? Will Texas be undefeated this year? Will he take the team all the way to the national championship? What’s next for him? He should never have fallen into Wes’s open-range eyes or let his heart run wild when Wes gave him that shy little smile over summer. Justin Swanscott has three certainties in his life: he’s gay, football is overrated, and he really, really doesn’t like cowboys. But he’s been keeping a secret from everyone. Three years in, he has it all: he’s the starting tight end, team captain, and, according to ESPN, maybe the best college football player in the nation. Wes Van de Hoek clawed his way off his family’s West Texas ranch under the Friday night lights, earning a football scholarship to the state’s best university. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the number of middle grade novels featuring people of color is slowly rising, I find most of the titles fall into the genre of realistic fiction and historical fiction and it's great to see people of color in all genres. To this I want to add that I especially value this imprint's focus on the genres of fantasy and science fiction. Despite this, I have great appreciation for his Rick Riordan Presents imprint - for his willingness to lend his name to a series of books that he does not benefit from financially and his recognition that these are stories (and authors) from underrepresented cultures and backgrounds that need to be told. I am not a fan of Rick Riordan's style of writing, which I would categorize (somewhat unfairly and too briskly) as big on action and light on reflection. I have to confess, I was predisposed not to like it. I absolutely LOVE and cannot stop thinking about this beautiful, rich, warm, generous gift of a book Carlos Hernandez has written. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first International Publishers' Prize Prix Formentor. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library (Biblioteca Nacional) and professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He was a target of political persecution during the Peron regime, and supported the military juntas that overthrew it.ĭue to a hereditary condition, Borges became blind in his late fifties. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in Surrealist literary journals. In 1914, his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. ![]() Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, usually referred to as Jorge Luis Borges (Spanish pronunciation: ), was an Argentine writer and poet born in Buenos Aires. ![]() ![]() ![]() and helped a lot by the soft velvet tones of the narrator. having so many direct (after translation) quotes from the stoics and some other well renowned thinkers was such a pleasure. This book however was just spell bounding! Mind blow, after mind blow! So much wisdom and so beautifully written. I try daily to adopt the teachings from those books and I honestly believe my life and how I live it has improved as a result. Let me first start by saying that the first thing I am going to do after writing this, which is in turn the first thing I have done upon finishing the book, is to start it again from the beginning! I have been interested in stoicism for a couple years now and have listened to a fair few books which I have loved and have found life changing. This is the first time I have been compelled or rather motivated to write a review. This is the first time I have written a review!Īfter having an audible account for over 6 years and listening to many books. Presented in twelve lessons, Ward Farnsworth systematically presents the heart of Stoic philosophy accompanied by commentary that is clear and concise. ![]() |