Archives for January 2010

I hear on the radio today from a charitable group that one in four children in Afghanistan don’t make it to their fifth birthday… and I couldn’t help thinking–what’s the abortion rate in this country? The same statistic probably holds true here. Except kids here don’t make it to their first birthday.

I’m aware I’m not making any friends with that thought. Who wants to be the pro-life drone who takes every international catastrophe and compares it to abortion in Canada? Still, that’s what popped into my head and I thought I would share it here.

Good column on New Year’s Resolutions in today’s Citizen. I liked reading about Benjamin Franklin’s quest for self improvement. And the concluding idea of the piece should be the mainstay of parenting today, I think:

It is difficult to raise a good student, but it is much more difficult to raise a good person.

That’s Dennis Prager, apparently, and I’d think that if a parent raises a good person, they will be a good student, whether or not they get good grades.

Well, well, well. 2010 is upon us. If you’re looking for sage wisdom with which to begin the year, may I suggest you try another site because I’m coming up with nada.

Thank you however, for journeying with us down this sometimes frustrating, always alluring road of attempting to change the culture. Onwards, anti-choicers of goodwill (see how I’m taking back that term) and happiest of new years to all.

I’m off to complete a short and realistic list of what I”ll call “resolutions” for today (shower, make bed). I like to get the new year off to a good start and with lowered expectations, I find I can generally exceed ’em, thereby increasing self esteem. Nice.