Early bird catches the... bird.
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So far, just the sunrise.
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Genetics is intractable:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/...m_source=atltw
I'm not geneticist, but I've believed this omnigenetics model forever. My high school science teacher told me that blue eyes are recessive and brown are dominant. I looked at my Punnet square, looked around me, and knew it was way more complicated than he was letting on.
21st century issues:
Women-only ‘full nudity’ spa’s ‘no male genitals’ rule ignites transgender debate
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/tor...sgender-debate
Wut
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Happy Independence Day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CILIBlQ2D0Q
A fine reading of the Declaration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETroXvRFoKY
Ouch.
Attachment 2211
Smart phone bad:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...ration/534198/
What do you make of this? Summit County demolition derby........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_LOWBpOuuQ
And singer feels embarrassed by performance, meant no harm, and issues honest, heartfelt apology. Taking responsibility for a difficult situation....something we don't often see. Good on her......
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45335673&nid=148
Dang, it sounded like she was three sheets to the wind.
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An interesting read. We've indulged my own children a bit much on the smart phone/tablet front, and we always tried to balance that out by making it a requirement that they have extra-curricular activities. That's how we justify it to a certain extent by saying that they'll need a phone to be able to get ahold of us should problems arise at practice, etc., and if they don't do things, they don't need the phone.
I think it seems to be working, but it is a battle to occupy them with something other than Minecraft YouTube videos.
They aren't really to the age where pornography is an issue yet. My oldest boy is 12.
I think the biggest problem is the social pressures of "trying to keep up with the Jonses" when looking at FB and Instagram. You see all of the great things everyone else is doing and has and you don't see anything negative (other than the occasional passive aggressive "OMG NOT AGAIN!" type things on FB).
As one person described it: "You're comparing your every day life to someone else's highlight reel".
I am proud of my oldest, who is my only girl. Girls have unique peer pressures that I think are magnified by social media. She's 19 and seems very well adjusted and happy and she had a cell phone starting in the 8th grade because of all the dance she was doing. Although, I don't think got a real smart phone until sometime in high school.
A stat I think a lot of us don't understand is the average age a child is exposed to pornography is 11. A judge in my neighborhood told me that he has seen instances of children as low a 9yo who are dealing with pornography issues (he isn't LDS btw).
Of course he is dealing with troubled kids etc, but the point being that in my opinion it is never to early to be carefully monitoring what your kids are doing online. (Not saying you aren't). I meet a lot of parents who believe that porn is more of an older teen issue.
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I'm on my third teenager. Based on our experience, we've eliminated four key apps from his phone: Snapchat, instagram, FaceTime and houseparty. Those are four popular apps where they can receive something inappropriate and easily hide it. We also ask him to leave his phone upstairs at night, and he can't have it in his room. Nothing is fail safe, but, I think it helps.
The other point I'd like to make is that if you ask any LDS bishop (and I'd presume the equivalent of other churches leaders as well), they'll tell you that 100% (or near 100%) of their youth will be exposed to pornography before they graduate from HS. IOW, have a plan so that when it happens, you can be better prepared to deal with it.
Not from The Onion. Really.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/0...m.facebook.com