Drug use, rape, incest, eating disorders, profanity, criminal delinquency, and gay and lesbian characters are just a few of the subjects that get challenged by such modern scolds. The world has a spectrum of sadness and ugliness that some people are bent on protecting young people from, but...
“You wanted to stay at the park, but you had a hard time not hitting your friends, so I said we had to go. I hear how upset you are.” 4. Consistent, predictable responses, elements of a routine that our child recognizes “Are you finished eating? You are standing up and that te...
This article suggests that some responses to bed bug bites are the same IgE-mediated biphasic (late-phase) reactions we have previously described to insect stings.78 Systemic Reactions. There are a few studies of systemic reactions from bed bug bites, including asthma, generalized urticaria, and ...
I’m not willing to go to this party late. I’m not sure what the exact situation was with the parent. I would be very clear about that with myself, with my partner, if there’s a partner involved, and with my child. “I really want you to go, this is how much time we have...
'Terrible place—dangerous work—other day—five children—mother—tall lady, eating sandwiches—forgot the arch—crash—knock—children look round—mother's head off—sandwich in her hand—no mouth to put it in—head of a family off—shocking, shocking! Looking at Whitehall, sir?—fine place...
The biota of freshwater systems has fared no better. A 4-year survey of the freshwater fishes inhabiting Malaysian rivers in the late 1980s found only 46% of 266 known Malaysian species. Some 40% of North America’s freshwater fishes are at risk of extinction; two-thirds of freshwater ...
The girl began to stay out late at night, coming home at 2 a.m. or sometimes not at all. Then she was gone. One day while her mother was working, she broke a window to get into the apartment and grabbed the few clothes she had. Her mother told me she had run off. But the ...
Across Springfield we have not found anyone who has seen pet-eating immigrants. Driving the streets and talking to the residents I can confirm that the dogs seem safe; the cats are roaming loose. The instinct then maybe to laugh at the peak-Trump nonsense. Indeed, the Haitians ...
“appropriate assessment” is carried out, and if this is unfavourable, they will seek acceptance that there are “imperative reasons of overriding public interest” for the developments. The key is public interest, and the onus becomes to demonstrate that conserving biodiversity is in the public ...
This short essay comes from a presentation at the "Killing for Conservation" symposium organised by RZSNSW late in 2017. It uses the conceit of a literary killing and its fall-out to examine broader issues around the topic of killing for conservation, and conservation more generall...