I'm curious as to where you see that truth? The statement doesn't even make any sense.

This is news to me. Wow.

Y'all should check out (I mean, if you are interested in the terrible state of philosophy departments) what is going on at the University of Colorado, where the department of Philosophy has practically been shut down by an investigation into sexual harassment. It was reported that there were a whole bunch of…

My impression was that Leiter was defending him too. Just the fact that Leiter published Ludlow's lawyer's statement (with its typical "but she was nice to him in the hall afterwards" excusing) is a little messed.

I recently had my 4 year old's therapist tell me that I don't have to give him everything he wants, that he will be OK without instant streaming Netflix.

That's awesome that you teach toddler/parent classes. I went to a Montessori like school that pushed independence. And both my husband and I were raised in a somewhat hands-off way - very much loved but a lot of pushing us out the door to run around the neighborhood until supper time, a lot of making our own fun. …

My partner has assured me that if we have kids it would be as much (or more) him taking care of them. However, of my friends who have had kids, it is the women whose identities have been changed more in the role of mom - even my friend whose husband is a full time stay-at-home dad. I think a lot of this is cultural,…

This is what I would like to do. But I definitely think it is easier to do if you are around other people who also parent this way - and so many of my friends feel like it is so important that their children never be upset or frustrated that the boundaries seem like they get sort of crazy.

I definitely know about this, but I don't know anyone who is doing it. We lived in France for a while, and it seemed like free range is the norm for kids there, but here not so much.

"You don't have to parent this way! But let's just assume it's unavoidable because parenting is so child-focused now in one way or another"

I know two families who had children through surrogates - each with a close friend or family member. I don't think money factored into it at all (at least as a reason to do it)- I believe the women who did it did it out of love for the couples who needed surrogates to have children. Both cases were very similar to…

Genius. I've been crying for weeks. We've had 90+ inches of snow so far this year. It's 6 degrees today. I'm going to set alarms for every day in July, I think.

I feel like i don't totally understand your issue with my initial comment - should I have added "support your local shelter" without mentioning no-kill? No link to the no-kill advocacy center? I'm honestly confused. Obviously no-kill has connotations to you that is does no to me. It seems like you are indeed…

ps - I don't think the no-kill model actually calls for getting rid of shelters or eliminating all euthanasia. nor am I opposed to supporting kill shelters!

That's awesome that you've cut your kill rate in half! It seems like you (whoever, wherever you are) are on the right path and doing something awesome - and 7-10 years to no-kill is really great! Congrats!

I think you are missing the point, and perhaps have a skewed idea of how kill shelters work. 2.7 million adoptable (according to the Humane Society) animals are killed - not just ones that are unadoptable because of health problems or attacks. Supporting no-kill shelter insures that there are more safe cages for…

Also, no-kill with robust spay/neuter and release policies, plus affordable/free spay clinics are not more expensive than maintaining kill shelters. It is more policy than economics.

I would prefer to work towards a no-kill model for adoptable animals; however, my cats and my family member's dogs were adopted from kill shelters.

I'm not sure what your point is. Almost all no-kill shelters are non-profits run by volunteers and kept afloat by donations. 4 million dogs and cats are euthanized in this country every year - 2.7 million of them animals that could have been adopted (hence adoptable). No-kill shelters should take the most adoptable…

I read an article saying that they were planning to kill 3000 dogs, which is horrible, and I'm glad 80 have been rescued. However, in this country we euthanize 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats every year, despite the fact that this method does not help long-term animal control. Support your local no-kill shelter,…