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Don’t Send Your Children to Work

כ״ה באלול ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 4 September 2010)

I love my parents and I think they did a very good job raising me, especially in comparison with my cousins and some of my childhood peers, who were spoiled rotten and remain rotten as young adults. But one of the things my parents did that fucked me up for life is making me have [...]

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Circumcision and Intactivism

כ״ו בסיון ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 8 June 2010)

Ferdinand wrote what he thinks about “‘intactivism,’ opposition to circumcising boys when they’re too young to decide for themselves.” I was circumcised when I was eight days old and I’m glad it was done, not for religious reasons but because in my experience more girls appreciate when it’s been done. It caused me no trauma, [...]

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Public Education

א׳ בטבת ה׳תש״ע (Friday 18 December 2009)

Suppose private education were banned tomorrow. What would happen next? That question is not entirely academic. Progressives hate private education with all their might and they would absolutely move to crush it if they had the resources. Here in Israel, there is essentially no system of private education. At the primary and secondary level, there [...]

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Raising Dogs and Children

ב׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Thursday 19 November 2009)

Very interesting response from Carolyn Hax: “In my experience, dog-rearing style is a deadly accurate predictor of child-rearing style.” That is kind of worrying to me, because I’m quite harsh and strict with my dog. I have actually made every decision with him and with his training based on the concept that he is not [...]

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