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Anya Kamenetz is an NPR education correspondent, a host of Life Kit and author of The Art Of Screen Time. This story draws from the book and recent reporting for Life Kit’s guide, Parenting: Screen Time And Your Family.
Elise Potts picked up her 17-month-old daughter, Eliza, from daycare recently. When they got home they were greeted by a strange scene.
“My husband … he’s waving his arms around like a crazy man.” Potts says. “He has these things in his hands, he has a black box on his face … and [Eliza] looks and she points, all confused, and she says, ‘Daddy?’ ”
Daddy, it turned out, had a new Oculus virtual reality headset.
Potts, who lives in Seattle, can’t help but wonder what her daughter is making of all the digital technology that surrounds her. Eliza’s reaction, she says, is “really cute, but it’s also terrifying, because I think of it from her perspective. What does that mean to her?”
Parents, Sometimes You’re The Problem When It Comes To Tech Use
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Statue of Anubis
Detail of a statue of the jackal-headed god Anubis, associated with mummification and the afterlife. Anubis is one of the most iconic gods of ancient Egypt. This statue dates to Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC. Now in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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Happy Easter!
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) Novelization by Jack Martin
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Make your own greenhouse from plastic bottles
The time comes in every gardener’s life when you start to hanker after a greenhouse: for overwintering tender exotics, raising tomatoes and just pottering about in. For most of us it’s a substantial investment, but if you’ve got the time, some willing helpers and hundreds of plastic bottles, there’s a much cheaper alternative: the plastic bottle greenhouse.
Nick Cardy, July 1973
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