Category: Parenting
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No, Tylenol Doesn’t Cause Autism: Neurodivergence Is Human, Not a Defect Every few years there is a new panic about autism. Lately the story has been that Tylenol in pregnancy causes autism. Before that it was vaccines, before that something else. People hang onto these ideas because they are scared. Parents see a kid who…
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The Logic of Utility In a world increasingly shaped by metrics, commodification, and performance, human relationships have been increasingly reduced to transactions. Children earn love by obedience. Workers prove value through productivity. Romantic partners perform roles in exchange for security, sex, or emotional labor. This cultural infection, rooted in shareholder capitalism and reinforced by institutions,…
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“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 The Forge, Not the Fortress Parenting isn’t a fortress to defend against bad behavior. It’s a forge where character is shaped. A fortress keeps things out. A forge transforms what…