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01/25/10

Kids and Media Overload: It’s not just you

Common Sense Media lauded a study on kids and media by the Kaiser Family Foundation, with the sobering conclusions that: Kids are using more media, and have discovered the time dilation effect that I’ve been searching for, packing over 10 hours of effective media use into 7 hours, via multitasking Preteens (ages 8-12) stand out for their heavy usage Kids… Read More

01/22/10

Ink Spells joins the KidLitOSphere of Awesome

Kidlitosphere is a collection of children’s lit bloggers, as well as librarians, parents, and other suspects. One of the fabulous things about kidlitosphere is their searchable database of book reviews, giving you easy access to a reasonably detailed review of books you may be scoping out for your child. While most book reviews do not give explicit content guidelines, as… Read More

01/21/10

Ink Spells talks Only You Can Save Mankind

Thanks to Monty Python, Harry Potter, and several attractive, male, British actors who shall remain nameless . . . (I’m just sayin’) . . . AND pretty much the entirety of World War II, I am a confirmed anglophile. So, when Terry Pratchett opens Only You Can Save Mankind with “a boy named Johnny Maxwell. He’s English, but then, no… Read More

01/20/10

Maybe I Have It ALL WRONG

From that superior News Source, The Onion, I bring you some insightful analysis on whether violent video games are adequately preparing our children for the post-apocalyptic world coming in 2012. Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse? Bane, I’m thinking of you, my friend. This, of course, begs the question: If your child is actually a mutant… Read More

01/19/10

Human Source of All Knowledge Day

The day: it got away from me. Today, the kids were home from school. It’s the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but they’re still here. Who authorized this? This means that today I am the Human Source of All Knowledge (HSAK). Like the interwebs, only easier to use. Just ask Mom a question and the secrets of the… Read More

01/18/10

Ink Spells talks Ruins of Gorlan

Today we have a guest review! My lovely blogger friend Rhonda has graciously agreed to give us a recap of The Ruins of Gorlan, from The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan. Speaking of covers, this one creeps me out in a Darth Sidious and his lurking pet monster kind of way. In other words, awesome. RL: 7.0 CSM: n/a… Read More