Margaret Hagerman* puts a new spin on how we race by exploring the development of racial attitudes among affluent white midwestern tweens. Hagerman interviewed children from families in three different neighborhoods in the same midwestern metropolitan area, each with varying degrees of wealth (though all families are affluent) and diversity. She interviews not only the children, but also the parents, with the goal of illustrating how children formulate ideas about race. Rather than adopting their parents’s notions of race uncritically, children engage with the world […]
A lighthearted parody of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar,
The Very Hungry Pregnant Lady is a spoof of that board book favorite, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The spoof aspect can be a bit much sometimes by having the joke “over played” and done too many times. (Yes, I am looking at you Goodnight Moon spoofs). This time, however, the spoof is hilarious. And it would be the perfect baby shower gift (not so much for the child but for the mother herself). However, there is nothing inappropriate, so a child could […]
Encouraging, Practical, Scientific Parenting Advice
I received a free review copy of this book and am offering an impartial review. As a father of two kids ages three and below, I have read a lot of parenting books, watched a lot of parenting videos, attended a handful of parenting classes, and also temporarily lost all touch with reality. It’s often hard to know what to do to love your kids best. Unfortunately, there’s no parenting manual. Even worse, sometimes credible sources change their minds. Sometimes sources that aren’t credible yell […]
Goodreads confirms that it is NOT just me.
Ugh. This book was so disappointing. First of all, I freaking love Bunmi Latidan, so I had high hopes despite the fact that I almost always disappointed by “Confessions of a…” books. They’re never what I want them to be. They’re always unsatisfying. Having read a non-fiction humor book by Latidan (and having loved it) and being aware of her hilarious online presence, I was expecting way more. What I got was a half-baked novel about a new mom who isn’t coping with her life and has […]