Rough Picnic: Beyond the Trump of It All and Books Bans

The Family Skeptical

We start out talking once again about how this whole parenting thing can be rough - this time during a picnic at the kids’ new school. Then we review things we might want to discuss with Reader and Go about the Trump verdict. And we finish with book bans (they suck) and a whole lot of librarian love. A little behind-the-scenes: Pops had a bit of a panic attack halfway through recording the episode and you can thank me now for editing out about 20 minutes of me droning on wondering why he had stopped saying anything. Moving is hard y’all.

Now to links:

• Opening Arguments.

• A More Perfect Union.

• Maus.

• Tommy.

• An article by Dan Kois about kids reading.

The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.

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