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How Much Sugar in Fruit? »
My wife and I were just discussing this this morning and I remembered seeing this recently and looked it up. This doesn’t really tell the whole story because the real question is, how much sugar is too much?
Various googling reveals that the USDA recommends no more than 8% of the daily caloric intake should come from “refined” or “added” sugar. So how much is that?
According to the Sugar Stacks site (linked above), one of those sugar cubes is about 4 grams which equals 16 calories. For a child with, say, a 1500 calorie daily diet that would be 7 or 8 cubes. However, calorie needs for children can fluctuate wildly.
Also, check out the How Much Sugar in Snack Foods page. Those yogurt-covered raisins have less sugar than the same serving of real raisins!
Why your kids should eat dirt and not wash their hands. »
Few months old but still relevant from the NYT.
30 Simple Ways to Get Your Child Ready to Read »
Also looks like an interesting blog: Simple Mom: Live simply, stay sane. Life hacks for home managers. via morrismaven
Via Morris Maven
“Lim, who is in fourth grade, writes applications for Apple’s popular iPhone. His latest, a painting program called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over 4,000 times from Apple’s iTunes store in two weeks, the New Paper reported on Thursday. The program lets iPhone users draw with their fingers by touching the iPhone’s touchscreen and then clear the screen by shaking the phone. “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw,” Lim said. His sisters are aged 3 and 5. Lim, who is fluent in six programing languages, started using the computer at the age of 2. He has since completed about 20 programing projects.”
Yahoo! News - Nine-year old whiz-kid writes iPhone application by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech (via jeffmiller)
Why you should let your kids play on the computer.
Why you should let your kids play on the computer.
Via What Every Child Should Know About Thanksgiving (but they don't because most adults don't even know) »
I love when my “parenting” and “politics” tags collide.
More here.
Amazon.com: Born Liberal, Raised Right: Reb Bradley »
This book looks like it has potential. I’ve been thinking along these lines lately. How do we raise a new generation committed to “right” principles?
From the Reviews:
Reb Bradley brilliantly takes us out of what C.S. Lewis called our slavery to the immediate past and gives the whole nation the long-term strategy of victory of good over evil, free enterprise over socialism, and all the other urgent battles we face. Whoever trains the children of the coming generation, controls the future.
Via
“This morning at about 5:30 AM, I made a ten second recording of water running in our sink. I imported this sound into a music editing program and copied and pasted it about 360 times to get a one-hour loop. I then exported the “song” to CD.
It has been on repeat for the past several hours.
The baby sleeps. And the water bill got a little less scary.”
It has been on repeat for the past several hours.
The baby sleeps. And the water bill got a little less scary.”
How to Hack a White Noise Generator to Help Your Baby Sleep | Geekdad from Wired.com
This strikes me as a pretty ingenious idea.
This strikes me as a pretty ingenious idea.
“Maybe there are two Americas: one likes kids, the other doesn’t. Maybe it’s just that simple.
Some people like kids. I do, for example, especially my own. They are cute, for several years of their life span they think you are some sort of hero, and after the phase passes they can at least be disciplined into remaining silent about the fact.”
Some people like kids. I do, for example, especially my own. They are cute, for several years of their life span they think you are some sort of hero, and after the phase passes they can at least be disciplined into remaining silent about the fact.”
Tom Smith via Instapundit
This is great. Read the whole thing—well, if you’re one of the people that likes kids, anyway.
This is great. Read the whole thing—well, if you’re one of the people that likes kids, anyway.
1001 rules for my unborn son »
This just might be the perfect blog:
52. Get to know your sister’s boyfriends. I’ll rely on your opinion.
58. Use the broiler. It’s an indoor grill.
94. Don’t show off. Impress.
120. Spend time with your mother. She’s cooler than you think.
138. Treat your body well. You’ll be glad you did when you are a dad.
Plus pictures and quotes!
169. Be nice to your sister. You are her confidante, cheerleader, and bodyguard.
sds:
(via rulesformyunbornson)
Advise I should have followed better. I think Mills would agree.
Same here. Remember that, son.
Via
“The reason we’ve broken with tradition, or perhaps reverted to a deeper tradition, is not because we oppose sex education, or because we think their egos are too tender for public schools. It’s because we can do a superior job of educating our children. We want to cultivate in them an intellectual breadth and curiosity that public schools no longer offer.”
21 Things for Kids to do Before the Summer Ends | Geekdad from Wired.com »
This is mostly geared to older kids than ours but it’s a good list.
“For one thing, the study did not include stay-at-home parents, who have the worst bosses of all: small children… . If your boss ever throws fistfuls of mac-and-cheese across the room, pitches an unholy fit because you chose the Tigger socks instead of the Buzz Lightyear socks, then demands that you empty his underpants, well, you have a bad boss.”
James Lileks on bad bosses and calling in sick. Read the whole thing.
