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childhood

Back When Kids Did Things: Lamenting the time before smartphones

August 20, 2017 by Randal

My daughter said she wished she was born in the 80s so she could grow up with friends who did stuff instead of living on social media. ? — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) August 19, 2017 My daughter loves Stranger Things (a Netflix television series) and Super 8 (a movie), two period programs set in 1983 and 1979. She loves […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: childhood, social media

My Best Halloween Memory Ever. What’s Yours?

October 31, 2015 by Randal

When I was growing up my parents owned many vehicles: three Audi 5000s, a Nissan Maxima, a Jeep Wagoneer, a Datsun 210, a Ford Ranger, a Honda Prelude, and so on. Of all those vehicles, there is one I dearly wish I still had in my own driveway: my dad’s 1969 GMC truck with a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: childhood, Halloween, memory

The day turns to night: on the sexualization of childhood

December 2, 2011 by Randal

I first encountered Bratz dolls when my daughter was young and I started spending time in the toy aisles. What the hell?! I said in horror. The doll looks like a prostitute and its being aimed at three year olds. Make up, jewelery, provocative clothing, and, in this case, riding a decidedly phallic banana split seat? What […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bratz, childhood, consumerism, ethics, morality, sexuality

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