Family and children’s films that deliver more than clichéd and tired good-versus-evil dichotomies laden with gender role stereotypes, gratuitous violence, and the subtle hypersexualization of young girls are hard to come by. If you are as fed up with the formulaic plot driven junk churned out for children by American cinema as I am, check [...]
the magic of totoro
April 6th, 2011
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Tags: art · film · parenting · world culture
rockin’ the inhome conference
March 29th, 2011
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Sometimes our fears get the best of us. But other times our desire to become more than we are today pushes us past those fears into risky territory–full of promise and peril. For adults this can be life shaking. For kids, it’s just growing up. This past weekend, Aidan who is 7 now showed us [...]
Tags: coming of age moment · earth scouts · family fun · InHome Conference · music · parenting · performance · socializing · video
smiling mindfully
January 23rd, 2011
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“A smile is the beginning of peace.” Driving the other day I saw this saying on a sign of a local roofing company that always posts different quotes/sayings. I thought this to be a serendipitous sighting that fit nicely with my life lately. Many of the books that I’ve picked up to read recently focus [...]
