skeptical parenting

Carnivalesque Love – And Encephalon In March!

by podblack on February 24, 2009

Quick update before I head into the office and get back to writing for the week – whilst I’m busy for the rest of the time, check out the latest Skeptical Parent Crossing which is now out at Mainstream Parenting! I discovered this entry myself and suggested it for inclusion: Little Isis – Latest Victim [...]

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In Which I’m Low On Content But High On Work

by podblack on January 23, 2009

LOC – stands for ‘low on content’. I used to use that as one of my short-hand phrases on student work when grading. Often used along with phrases like ‘Ref?’ (reference please?), ‘NP‘ (new paragraph) and ‘rephr‘ (rephrase). Once, and I assure you, quite, quite justified, I ended up writing a ‘WTF??‘ A student started [...]

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Skeptical Parenting – Suggested Books For A Birthday!

by podblack on December 9, 2008

First, I have to do a shout-out to one impending birthday – Gia Milinovich and Brian Cox are expecting a baby! Gia’s a TV presenter, enjoys taking photos, is helping out with the CERN Podcast, is married to physicist Professor Brian Cox and thinks writing about herself in the third person is “cool”. She also [...]

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From Skeptical Parenting To Stopping Jenny

by podblack on October 22, 2008

Well, in between everything else that I’ve been doing (currently tidying up the references for my dissertation, popping in some Rasch stats reference books I’ve used) – I’ve got a bit of news. Hello to all of those who searched for ‘Podblack / Kylie Sturgess’ in conjunction to ‘Stop Jenny’, as I’ve been getting quite [...]

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Getting Game, Parenting And Role-Playing

by podblack on October 2, 2008

Domestic Father blog wants to let everyone know that he’s setting up a new blog carnival for skeptical parenting blogs. As he writes himself: ‘Hopefully, it’s not just the skeptical parenting bloggers who will contribute, but some of the less parent focused, and more skep/secular/humanist generalists.‘ I think that’s wonderful and very inclusive. So, without [...]

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