Neat

Check out this prank, it's pretty hilarious.

Animal Fun

Check these fun photos out!

Hong Kong Duckies

The duck has arrived and we are soon to follow.

"Just because “things are better than they were 20 years ago” doesn’t mean they’re good enough"

What an interesting and well-written blog entry this is. Many issues I recognize from our years in Cambodia.

How Different These Kids' Lives Are

At least as far as their 'bed' 'rooms' are concerned...

http://www.demilked.com/where-children-sleep-james-mollison/

Kids and Academic Careers - Yes, We Can!

Working on my new job as a gender awareness advisor at an NGO (I love what I do!!), I came across an interesting bit of research conducted on the challenges for women in accomodating an academic career with life as a mother. It's explained below but in short, it's not true that the combination would be rare or impossible. On the contrary, it seems having kids empowers women to go for that ideal career as well! Yes, we can!

This research analyzed the careers of women in sociology...

"Much of the literature on work/family issues in academia suggest that women with children have a harder time maintaining an ideal career because of the difficulty of combining work and family activities, both of which are regarded as “greedy institutions” This research finds that women with children are equally likely to pursue ideal careers as men with children, childless men, and more likely to pursue these careers than childless women. In fact, according to the results of a regression analysis, women with children are significantly more likely to pursue ideal careers if they are provided with resources such as travel money and research assistance."

https://workfamily.sas.upenn.edu/wfrn-repo/object/r6lr6q1fp6k4xh38

The Hardest Job

... in the world is parenting. That's what they say. I just read the heartrending article written by a mom of a mentally disturbed son. I recommend reading it, it speaks volumes: http://gawker.com/5968818/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother