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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Dateline on Bullying

Fascinating!  "Dateline" presents a telling feature on stereotyping and bullying.

Where Children Sleep

James Mollison's poignant and provoking portraits of poverty and privilege around the world.

Handcuffing Out-of-Control Child - Last Resort

Globe and Mail editorial (Aug 31st. 2011) - Be sure to check out some of the 80 comments that follow the article.

Austin Hay's Tiny House

Austin Hay is a 16 year old high school junior who's in the process of constructing his very own tiny house on wheels that he plans to take to college.

"Space Oddity"

David Bowie's brilliant song about an astronaut, whose mission goes horribly wrong, doesn't sound like good bedtime reading, but it somehow works.  The book illustrated by a Kitchener man is causing copyright controversy- you can see the pages here but likely nowhere else.

Six Great Apps For Every Schoolchild's iPad

Children are heading to school and increasing numbers of them will be stashing iPads in their satchels.  Some apps that might be worth downloading.

"Too Pretty to do Homework"

J.C. Penny is not selling a T-shirt to girls aged 7 to 16 that says, unabashedly, across its front  "I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me."  Read more and sign the petition:

New App Tells You What's Happening at Your Kid's School

Staying on top of your kid's school activities.

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