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Branded Kids and the Diabolical Depot

I’ve been reading a lot about advertising’s effect on kids and the general over-prominence of big corporate brands in our culture lately, as I’ve cruised through Packaging Girlhood and Consuming Kids (Red Pill Parent bibles, by the way: and Packaging Boyhood, by the same authors, was just published in October).  But I had an opportunity [...]

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Germophobia-phobia

Lately, I can’t seem to get through an issue of The Week without coming across something worth sharing.  This time, it’s about germs – a topic extremely relevant to parenting, no?  In the December 11th issue, on the Health & Science page, there’s a little bit entitled “More germs, please.”  Now I am decidedly a [...]

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Are you a Red Pill Parent?

Welcome to The Red Pill Parents.  We are Red Pill Mama and Red Pill Papa, both parents with young children, who are in the process of waking up and looking very, very closely at everything “coming at” our kids.  If you haven’t figured it out already, the term “red pill” comes from The Matrix.  This [...]

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Red Pill Papa Signing In

Parenthood.  An enlightening pathway of firsts. Many of these firsts bring smiles to our faces and we beam with pride. But there are other firsts – ones that can turn a smile upside down. The first time a trip to the grocery store becomes a battle between you and your precious about boxes of cereal, [...]

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