Quitting my TV news career has come with many benefits but perhaps none as important as how it has affected my ability to parent. My relationship with the Producer would have consisted of about an hour in the morning (stressed about what I’d cover that day) and an hour at night (still stressed about what went wrong with my report that day). I’ve started “Hold On to Your Kids” by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté and I highly recommend it. They describe the era since World War II as one where peers have taken over the role of parenting, calling it “peer orientation”. They write, “Orientation, the drive to get one’s bearings and become acquainted with one’s surroundings, is a fundamental human instinct and need. Disorientation is one of the least bearable of all psychological experiences. Attachment and orientation are inextricably intertwined. Humans and other creatures automatically orient themselves by seeking cues from those to whom they are attached.” This has also got me thinking about my pressing question about why so many journalists prefer group think over curiosity. Are we adults also suffering from “peer orientation”?
We had severe weather with tornado watches yesterday so Carla the chicken did the live reporting. She is the best friend a kid has ever had - she takes all of Lily’s antics in stride and goes along for the fun. She is the ride or die friend we all wish we had!
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We buy a roll of hay every other week not so much because the cows eat it all but because King Peter likes a nice fluffy bed that doubles as a look-out station. Of course he and Tod end up urinating and defecating on the hay which makes it less than ideal for the cows. We are working on putting up yet more fencing so the boys don’t have access to the cow hay but for now Pete is living large.
Team Trump goes full censorship mode on the media.
FCC chair threatens broadcasters' licenses over Iran war coverage - YouTube
It doen't end with ICE. ICE was just to get the camel in the tent.
Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE
https://hrnews1.substack.com/p/ring-cameras-join-flock-and-amazon
