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  • The Surprising Stories Behind Popular Nursery Rhymes: From women’s prisons and peep shows to wholesome tales of beloved pets, here are the origins of some beloved nursery rhymes.

    09/24/2021 8:43:33 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Trivia Genius ^ | Sarah Lloyd
    Nursery rhymes, some dating back centuries, have left such a strong mark on our childhoods but we often don’t realize where they came from. Some have evolved over centuries, bringing a whole new version to modern children, while others have remained tried and true since inception. From women’s prisons and peep shows to wholesome tales of beloved pets, here are the origins of some beloved nursery rhymes.“Mary Had a Little Lamb” is About a Real SchoolgirlMary had a little lambLittle lamb, little lambMary had a little lambIts fleece was white as snowPoet Sarah Josepha Hale first published a version of...
  • Most Children’s Music Is Terrible. Listen To This With Your Kids Instead

    05/28/2021 8:33:49 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 20 replies
    The Federalist ^ | May 28, 2021 | Joy Pullman
    Perhaps worse than trite politicization of classic tunes is failing to pass on the wealth of a child's musical heritage. Here are some ways to start offering that audible feast to your child.Just as what you feed your baby (and eat while pregnant) trains her palate toward good food or junk food for life, what your baby sees and hears does the same for her artistic tastes. Kids raised on mental junk food have a harder time developing an understanding of and affinity for more complex, subtle, and nourishing brain foods later in life.Many parents nowadays pay immense attention to...
  • ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ Deemed Racist, Sexist By Australian Child Care Centers

    10/17/2014 8:23:49 AM PDT · by rktman · 50 replies
    dailycaller.com ^ | 10/17/2014 | Derek Hunter
    Remember the song “Baa Baa Black Sheep”? The harmless nursery rhyme was written in the early 1700s and has been sung by children around the world ever since. At least it used to be, now it may be a hate crime. Child care centers in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, are changing the song because of racial and sexist connotations in the lyrics.
  • Women Paid to Carry Baby to 12 Weeks before “Harvesting” for Beauty Treatments

    08/08/2006 7:57:04 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 78 replies · 2,504+ views
    LifeSiteNews ^ | 9 August 2006 | Hilary White
    LONDON, August 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ancient quest of fashionable women to stave off the effects of age has always left them open to the claims of swindlers. The latest edition of the snake oil chronicles, according to the UK’s Daily Mail, has a more “scientific” cachet and involves injecting stem cells gleaned from aborted babies as well as umbilical cord blood directly into the skin. Scores of British women are opting for a procedure that stem cell experts are condemning as charlatanry. A private British clinic makes arrangements for well-to-do English women to travel to Rotterdam in the...
  • Jack and Jill in single mother shock

    03/01/2004 4:41:38 PM PST · by Pokey78 · 16 replies · 661+ views
    The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 03/02/04 | Sarah Womack
    It is enough to make most parents blush with embarrassment. Britain's most popular nursery rhymes, recited by generations of parents to their children, are teeming with references to bed-hopping royals and teenage sex, according to a book on the origins of 24 playground ditties.While Jack and Jill may seem innocuous enough in their attempt to fetch water, they are in fact preoccupied with losing their virginity, says Chris Roberts, a social historian who has traced the adult stories behind the nursery rhymes. Jill possibly becomes pregnant and there are regrets later."The interesting bit is that, having successfully 'lost his crown',...
  • (humor?) Nursery rhyme injuries?

    12/11/2003 6:05:04 AM PST · by SB00 · 12 replies · 141+ views
    Researchers Want Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times Wed Dec 10,10:08 AM ET TORONTO (Reuters) - No more kid stuff fantasy nursery rhymes. Instead, parents should give children the hard facts in "medically sound" ditties that offer quick relief for nursery rhyme characters who clearly suffer major head injuries. A tongue-in-cheek paper by Canadian researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, found six popular nursery rhymes that refer to alarming injuries. "We think it's of critical importance because of these very, very tragic stories," study co-author Dr. Sarah Shea said from Halifax on Tuesday. "We're stunned at the fact that...
  • Academics attack 'nursery rhyme' injuries -

    12/10/2003 8:21:41 PM PST · by UnklGene · 2 replies · 119+ views
    Ananova ^ | December 10, 2003
    Academics attack 'nursery rhyme' injuries - Researchers have concluded that nursery rhymes show a cynical disregard for injuries, particularly to children. Sarah Giles and Sarah Shea, from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, say "Humpty Dumpty" should have been put on a spinal board immediately after his big fall. In a satirical letter to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, they added the presence of all the King's men suggests a "shocking lack of crowd control". They ask: "Could the crowded scene explain the inability of the responders to put 'Humpty Dumpty' together again?" The pair argue that "Rock-a-bye baby" would have...
  • Nursery rhymes put kids 'at risk'(barf)

    12/10/2003 7:27:03 PM PST · by RWR8189 · 25 replies · 260+ views
    The BBC ^ | December 10, 2003
    "All the king's men" should have given Humpty proper care Some nursery rhymes send dangerously inaccurate messages to young listeners, according to Canadian researchers. They are concerned that characters in popular rhymes suffer major injuries without receiving proper treatment. The characters include Humpty Dumpty, who had a great fall, and Jack and Jill, who tumbled down a hill. Children are told these stories "without people stopping to really look at what's happened", according to the tongue-in-cheek research. The team from Dalhousie University ridiculed the idea that all the king's horses and all the king's men should even try to...