Entries Tagged as 'Today’s Idea'
Posture and Autism
March 15th, 2021 · No Comments
Posture guru Kathleen Porter posits that placing babies on their backs brings a significant risk of autism. They lie helpless and don’t develop the core strength required to hold up their heads. Then we encase them in little bucket strollers and car seats, their tail bones tucked, and they don’t get enough time to feel the sensations resulting from pushing against the floor and so do not learn to use their bodies in a natural way. Slumped posture results and inhibits the circulatory system such that the brain is not properly nourished.
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Suburban Life Is Not Traditional
February 20th, 2021 · No Comments
Today’s idea is courtesy of Carina Chocano.
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Why I Can’t Watch Period Dramas
February 16th, 2021 · No Comments
Today’s idea is courtesy of a New York Times article on bruxism.
When I come across a photo of a woman from the nineteenth century, my usual thought is that she’s ugly, mannish looking. When I try to watch a period drama, the actors don’t seem right to me—they’re all too good looking!
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