Crass And Tasteless Links, Meet Here
Frolic in the tall grasses and weave daisies into your hair.
AMY ALKON, APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AUTHOR, SPEAKER, NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
B L O G
(MOSTLY STUFF BEYOND SCIENCE)
Amy Alkon
SEARCH BLOG
Kindle Edition
Amy on Twitter
.
BLOG ARCHIVES
MAIN MENU
Columns
Blog
Features
Rude People
Amy's Books
Bio/Contact
Advice Goddess Radio
Private Sessions
Goddess' Dog (Aida)
Lucy (1998-2013)
Syndicate This Site (XML)
4.37
Hipster Tree.
Dog.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at March 16, 2013 1:23 AM
Funny because it never happened to you.
Probably shouldn't have happened to anyone.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at March 16, 2013 1:46 AM
Heather column discusses the "stigma against stigma" and other stuff. Many chewy, flavorful factoids. Wonderful woman, the Mac.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at March 16, 2013 1:58 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/03/16/crass_and_taste.html#comment-3643971">comment from Crid [CridComment at gmail]Heather is right. And I was warned, when I spoke at the school, mainly populated by single-parented inner-city kids -- some of whom read at a 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade level in 11th grade, and not because they're retarded -- that I shouldn't really talk about the detriments of raising kids in a single-parent situation. I could say to wait, but explaining the real detriments in any detail was off-limits, as "most of these kids come from those kind of homes." It seems necessary to mention that this is a problem and why so it doesn't keep happening.
Amy Alkon
at March 16, 2013 6:14 AM
Not "single-parent," single-mother. Don't kid yourself.
Jesus Christ, years and years of discussion and all you've learned is to defend prejudices more per-emptively.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at March 16, 2013 11:20 AM
Shira.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at March 16, 2013 11:21 AM
A photograph to see, no matter who, no matter when, no matter what.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at March 16, 2013 11:30 AM
Preemptively. Software thang.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at March 16, 2013 11:35 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/03/16/crass_and_taste.html#comment-3644319">comment from Crid [CridComment at gmail]Sometimes, it's grandma raising the kids.
Amy Alkon
at March 16, 2013 11:55 AM
And sometimes it's feral dogs.
Sometimes, a toothless, arthritic seventh-cousin who never learned to read will tumble down off the mountainside just at the moment the baby's parents are killed in a collision with a street car in the town square... And even though the seventh-cousin never knew the parents, the seventh-cousin will get custody of their baby.
But we're almost always talking about fatherless homes.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at March 16, 2013 3:53 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/03/16/crass_and_taste.html#comment-3644424">comment from Crid [CridComment at Gmail]Yes!
Amy Alkon
at March 16, 2013 5:19 PM
Leave a comment