Today’s roundup has a great article on intervening when you see someone being bullied; Sesame Street’s kid-friendly Game of Thrones sendup; The return of the mighty Brontosaurus; and a handy interactive look at birth-control
By Sonia Verma
Pink Shirt Day
Today is Pink Shirt Day, a show of support for efforts to stop bullying.
. . . Occasionally this goes sideways, and kids are actually harassed because they DIDN’T wear pink. The system needs work, but this is a good start.
In the meantime, here is a very, VERY good read on the importance of intervening when you see someone being bullied. If not bullying someone is the No. 1 thing to teach a kid, not standing by or silently witnessing bullying should be No. 2. Intervention, even from peers, makes a huge difference.
Is it played with a rubber chicken?
Sesame Street gives Game of Thrones a kid-safe makeover with a characteristically sweet and funny Game of Chairs.
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Excellent! Now do Pluto!
Welcome back, Brontosaurus. We always believed in you.
Birth control facts
The New York Times creates a very easy to use interactive tool to show how effective different methods of birth control are over 10 years of use. The best thing, in my opinion, is that it shows efficacy with typical use as well as with perfect use, i.e., it takes into account that people aren’t always precise in the heat of the moment.
