Returning to full time work has slowed down my reading significantly, but I’ve still squished in a bit of time here and there! Enjoy some of the best articles I’ve read over the past few months…
the-ones-about-parenting
What’s a dad to do when his daughter wants to dress up as Hans Solo for Halloween by Tom M. Burns
But I think my big takeaway from all this will be — equality goes both ways. If I’m going to tell my daughter that she can do almost anything a man can do (excepting some very specific biological acts), then I need to show her that a man can do almost anything a woman can do, too…
Can hyper-involved parents learn to back off? by Brigid Schulte
“There’s such a status thing here: ‘I went Georgetown. I want my kid to go to Georgetown or better.’ It’s such a rat race,” says Bowers, who has lived in McLean for 24 years. “Nobody is taking a step back and asking, ‘Is going to Princeton going to make me happier in the long run? Is this even right for my child?’ Because there are real consequences to living this way.”
How cultures around the world think about parenting by Amy Choi
What can American parents learn from how other cultures look at parenting? A look at child-rearing ideas in Japan, Norway, Spain — and beyond.
the-ones-that-give-pause-for-thought
Judging America: Photographer challenges our prejudice by alternating between judgment and reality by Joel Pares
Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) by The Oatmeal
Overrated: People aren’t projects by Eugene Cho
the-most-fascinating-statistics
Hans Rosling’s 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
“Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before – using augmented reality animation. In this spectacular section of ‘The Joy of Stats’ he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers – in just four minutes. Plotting life expectancy against income for every country since 1810, Hans shows how the world we live in is radically different from the world most of us imagine.”
the-ones-that-said-what-I-was-thinking
When a pastor resigns abruptly by John Ortberg
I was struck, too, by the language quoted in news reports yesterday to describe this situation. The pastor, the board said, had been guilty of arrogance—along with other attitudes and behaviors associated with arrogance. But had not been charged with “immorality.”
When did arrogance cease to be immoral?
Being Midwestern (a four year primer) by Amy L. Peterson.
If I were a graduate of four years in Hoosier Land, what were the required courses I’d taken? What had I learned?
the-ones-about-race
What does it mean to be white? by Robin DiAngelo
In the U.S., while individual whites might be against racism, they still benefit from their group’s control. Yes, an individual person of color can sit at the tables of power, but the overwhelming majority of decision-makers will be white. Yes, white people can have problems and face barriers, but systematic racism won’t be one of them.
Tips for avoiding racial missteps from the makes of ‘Dear White People’
A great compilation of clips from the new Indie film.
between worlds 