Pink bears, heart shaped balloons, and other meaningless objects stuff the aisles for Valentine’s Day. This annual celebration of Romantic love has evolved into yet another opportunity for parents to purchase plastic for their littlest sweethearts. I can think of no better Valentine’s Day gift to give my kids than a homespun story about love. [...]
Archive for February, 2012
The Best Valentine for Your Kid? A Story about Reciprocal Love
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Black History is American History: Stories About Black Heroes
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The Huffington Post reported that a Tea Party group in Tennessee is lobbying to remove references to slavery, and any mention of the fact that the some of our country’s founders owned slaves, from public school textbooks. This denial of our our country’s racist history is on the same spectrum of behavior as Holocaust denying. [...]