Guilt is not inherently bad.

I remember reading somewhere that Guilt is actually a very effective and healthy tool as it teaches the kid right from wrong and empathy if used correctly

Everytime I hear stories like this it only furthers my belief that the rules for training young children how to behave properly are the same as training a dog.

Yes. Basically the way I've tried to look at it is this: My daughter is the world's worst troll. If I get angry, then she wins!

Last week a friend and I were at a local family run restaurant, which is very low-key burger and fries type of place and the waitresses are usually pretty young. It had been busy because of some sports events in town. When my food came I said, "Can I get some ketchup please?" The waitress, who is in high school,…

I have already decided something a long time ago: if you're mean to people in a position of service (waitors, bellboys, pedicurists, maids, etc) you are a horrible person. It takes a lot of humility to serve other people in any way, bring them plates, serve them food, wash their feet, clip their dirty toenails, clean…

I always like to show people a graph from spurious correlations when they say that autism has increased since the invention of vaccines.

This is like arguing that because it's possible to be injured by a seatbelt, everyone should avoid seatbelts.

What? What? No. No.

"Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human."

One of the greatest actors of the 20th century.

I vowed this year, just sparkling water, stay away from the wine, but in the end, the dinner was so delicious, it needed wine," Ginsburg said.

There will never be a post about notorious RBG where this picture is not appropriate.

Rebuttal: as stated already, lactose intolerance prevalence differs based on ethnicity. Using Asians or Africans to dictate the diets of Northern Europeans (who are largely NOT lactose intolerant) ignores the diversity of human evolution and cultural development. Natural selection shaming, Jezebel? Do you know no…

Fewer than 40 percent of humans on earth can digest lactose post-childhood...

I said it on io9 and I'll say it here. My Irish grandmother had 13 siblings and only THREE made it to adulthood because of things like measles, polio, influenza, etc. I'm not great at math but I know those are HORRIFIC ODDS.

I usually am the first to chime in on these articles (which I guess I'm doing right now once again) but honestly, this pediatrician is exhausted. The anti-vax stuff has been hitting the news cycle now thanks to the measles outbreaks occurring across our country, but I've been fighting this battle for >5 years, and…

Back in the 1950's my brother who was 7 and my sister who was 5 contracted the measles. My sister ran the course and was healthy again within a few weeks. My brother was not so lucky. He began to develop calcium deposits all over his body. Those deposits eventually also attacked his organs. His muscles began to be…

¥ Ghostbusters reboot cast(main characters) is entirely female. If that doesn't shut radical feminists up i don't know what else will. ¥