I really dislike most children’s programming of the educational variety–it has a didactic tone that grates on me. Every story may have a moral, but do we have to beat kids over the head with it?
And that’s why I love the Teletubbies. I don’t feel like they are trying to teach me anything. Instead, they invite me to join in the fun for a little while, watching them play and care about each other. The happy opening music and the laughing baby sun never fail to make me smile.
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In a world obsessed with social media, many of us judge our worth by how often our posts are liked or shared by others, hoping to go viral, obsessively checking our phones throughout the day when we think we have shared something exceptionally profound or amusing. That does not exactly predispose us toward humility!
Seeking Humility in the Age of Social Media
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Many of us judge our worth by how often our posts are liked or shared by others. That does not predispose us toward humility!
Once again, September 5 and Labor Day coincide, which takes me back to eleven years ago . . .
What Labor Day Means to Me | Life in Every Limb
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When I was a little girl, Labor Day meant watching Jerry Lewis, waiting to hear our names called out on the telethon for our donation. It meant fried chicken and deviled eggs and buttermilk ice cream ...
Good analysis to share with anyone you know who is pushing the narrative that Dobbs is about anything more than repealing Roe: ![]()
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"Nobody can predict the future with certainty, but we can look at the Dobbs opinions and context and say that while some of their arguments (arguably) and Justice Thomas’s concurrence (inarguably) cast doubt on the soundness of the rulings in Griswold and Obergefell at first blush, there are multiple reasons to think that ordinary stare decisis makes the cases very distinguishable in principle, logic and politics."
No, the Supreme Court isn’t coming for gay marriage or contraception next
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Clarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to revisit same-sex marriage. But the majority opinion in Dobbs, and the comments of the other justices, suggest that he is alone.
"There’s something about a catchy quote that makes us stop and think. As adults, we like and share these quotes on social media.![]()
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We decorate our homes with them.![]()
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We might even write them in a journal.![]()
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Our attraction to these small bites of wisdom often begins in our youth."
Help Your Catholic Tween With These 5 Quotes
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"I have waited a long time to write about my past. The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide, has prompted me to stop waiting and share my story.![]()
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I believe I have a unique perspective on this topic. First, I chose to have an abortion after I was raped in college. I have also chosen to continue a pregnancy after a prenatal test revealed my baby had Trisomy 18, a chromosomal condition."
How I found healing after rape, an abortion and the loss of a very-much-wanted baby
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Based on my personal experience, I have spent years trying to help women find healing, acceptance, reconciliation and hope after making one of the most excruciating and difficult decisions of their li...
