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Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students 0
- Education, MomThink
- October 16, 2024
I was asked the other day why parents and students do not have more say in their education in the government system, and my reply was simply “because that is the goal.” Specifically, the system exists to perpetuate itself and to propagandize large numbers of children each year so that they believe and pass on to their
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Refuting the Techno-Myth and Reclaiming Childhood 3
- Education, Family, Featured, MomThink
- October 15, 2024
Screens are so pervasive in society that we tend to think of them as inevitable. They have become extensions of our bodies. We might think that technology in itself is neutral and is only good or bad depending on how one uses it. Catherine L’Ecuyer, a doctor in education and psychology, disagrees. L’Ecuyer is Canadian
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When Parents Track Kids at College 1
- Education, Family, MomThink
- October 14, 2024
A recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal – “Surveillance Parents Face the Ultimate Firewall: Freshman Year” — described the difficulty — even agony — some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to monitor and help from afar. I don’t blame parents for the fear and loss
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In Praise of School Uniforms 3
- Education, Featured, MomThink
- October 11, 2024
As a mom, I love school uniforms. They take the decision-making out of back-to-school shopping and my kids’ morning routines. But the benefits of school uniforms go far beyond my personal experiences. Most obviously, uniforms prevent students from wearing inappropriate clothing to school. One study in the Journal of School Violence cited “girls wearing revealing
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Big Pharma’s Rap Sheet 3
- Health, MomThink, Science
- October 11, 2024
It was one of those conversations you never forget. We were discussing – of all things – the Covid injections, and I was questioning the early ‘safe and effective’ claims put forward by the pharmaceutical industry. I felt suspicious of how quickly we had arrived at that point of seeming consensus despite a lack of
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Where Are the Student Moms?0
- Education, Featured, MomThink
- October 10, 2024
Given the pervasiveness of hookup culture on college campuses across the U.S., it should be surprising that pregnant college students are nowhere to be found. Why? Unfortunately, the answer is obvious: Abortion is readily available in many states, and pregnant college students aren’t choosing life. These mothers don’t even know that it’s an option. A
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