“Take a look at the movies with nudity. Take out the parts where they get hot and heavy, would it make the movie less interesting?”

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This comment was by Tom Brechlin on the post β€œIt’s not just porn, kids also see adult material easily through movie trailers, video games, TV channels, etc.”

When Necessary

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Is our technological ability to kill actually progress?

“Kids will make a guns out of anything. Before nerf guns, my son made them out of legos and and even his sandwich.”

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Do you let your kids play with toy guns? Do you restrict their play to water guns and not BB guns? Is it all over-hyped precaution or is it an important principle to teach kids?

Being Beautiful

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Do your kids believe that they are beautiful? Do you?

Science: India Plans Their First Trip To Mars

A developing nation spending billions of dollars to reach the red planet? Oh, yeah, it’s happening …

My Hero Doesn’t Exist

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Laura Kinson shows that sometimes the best kind of companionship comes from the imagination.

I’ve Been Married for 20 Years, and I Still Don’t Know What I Want to Be When I Grow Up

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Don’t ask Stephen Gosewich to tell you about his dream job. He doesn’t have one.

Pink Rhinos, Blankeys, and Loveys

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Favorite toys and a sense of imagination, Megan Rosker writes, are more important than any test score ever could be.

Matt Salesses on Short Story Month, Fiction at GMPM

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May is National Short Story Month. Matt Salesses celebrated by releasing a hypertext version of his short story collection, “Our Island of Epidemics.” Here, he talks about his favorite GMPM short stories.