@LibertarianWing People are only able to accept that which their mind is already open to.
We cannot force another to learn or listen; the best we can do is act consistently with our words and be a guiding light for others on the journey....
my therapist changed my life when he taught me there are 4 types of conversation:
1) small talk (weather, etc)
2) swapping (you tell a story, I tell a story)
3) listening (you tell a story, I listen/validate)
4) problem-solving (you tell me a story, I help solve the problem)
My dad traveled every week for work. He would buy a novel before each trip, read it with a black felt tip pen in hand, and censor adult content and cuss words as he read. Then he would give us the books to read upon his return. I constantly had the books taken away from me in elementary school until the adult confiscating my book saw that it was edited.
By the time I finished 5th grade, I'd read hundreds of books that weren't written for children. Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, Clive Cussler, and more. And that was over and above the classics.
Kids are entirely capable of handling rich worlds and complex ideas. We need to stop treating childhood like an intellectual waiting room.
$1.45 billion in public money.
Brookfield became co-owner with one of the developers 15 days before the announcement.
Ethics committee vote to actually look into it: blocked.
Nothing to see here, say the people blocking you from seeing it.
Canada for you 🇨🇦📌
The way someone treats vulnerable animals always reveals the parts of themselves that they cannot hide. Leave him as soon as you can. I am dead serious.
Not exaggerating when I say the future depends on this catching on en masse. Kids, adults. Book clubs, silent reading groups. For the past twenty-five years tech has corroded our attention, intelligence and basic pleasure in living, and books are the key to winning them back.