Re: KindergartenfairlyobscureAugust 9 2010, 21:40:47 UTC
the tales included the three guarding owls with increasingly large eyes, why the cat washes after eating, the dragon and the monkey[heart], the pine tree that wishes he were covered with gold and, another time, with glass, instead of with pine needles
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Re: KindergartendomiobrienDecember 13 2010, 11:41:39 UTC
There's a Better Homes and Gardens Storybook, too. Only about 11% of US minor children have divorced parents-- marriages with no kids have the highest divorce rates (most US marriages produce no children), and ones with grown kids second-highest divorce rates-- people in first marriages with minor kids tend to stay together until the kids are grown-- so there aren't a lot of kids who would need to make a second mother's day present-- though divorced men with minor kids remarry at much higher rates than divorced women with minor kids, few of those dads and their (often temporary) second and subsequent spouses actually have a lot of contact with the kids--fewer than 15% of dads ask for custody, and divorced dads often move away from their exes and the kids. A lot more kids have never-married parents than divorced ones, and those are even less likely to have a "second mom" unless it's a foster-parent or a grandmother or aunt taking on the mom role.
Re: KindergartenfairlyobscureDecember 14 2010, 21:22:39 UTC
statistics don't always tell the whole story. All the non-married parents living in different situations is one part of the story-child's father may be gone before birth, may stick around a few years, then leave; may come and go over the years. Mom may have other males come and go, some staying long enough to develop long term relationships with the kids
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my comment didn't mention HP-perhaps you meant to post to someone else's comment? I've never read any HP or Malazan. Of modern children's books, I'm most fond of the Animorphs series.
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Only about 11% of US minor children have divorced parents-- marriages with no kids have the highest divorce rates (most US marriages produce no children), and ones with grown kids second-highest divorce rates-- people in first marriages with minor kids tend to stay together until the kids are grown-- so there aren't a lot of kids who would need to make a second mother's day present-- though divorced men with minor kids remarry at much higher rates than divorced women with minor kids, few of those dads and their (often temporary) second and subsequent spouses actually have a lot of contact with the kids--fewer than 15% of dads ask for custody, and divorced dads often move away from their exes and the kids. A lot more kids have never-married parents than divorced ones, and those are even less likely to have a "second mom" unless it's a foster-parent or a grandmother or aunt taking on the mom role.
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