Double X

So, I'm really liking Double X. I do agree with Ann Friedman that these articles shouldn't be in the girl ghetto; they should be on the front page.

I enjoyed Ann Hulbert's review of Bad Mother and Dooce's new book, though I disagreed with most of the review. And Dana Stevens' response was also good.

I also loved Emily Bazelon's article about a new study that examined the variables that predict reading ability in young children. Bazelon explores the surprising findings.

Surprisingly, the amount of shared parent-child reading time did not matter, on average, for the reading skills of either group of kids. What mattered instead, for the kids of average-reader mothers, was [not] how often a child amuses herself with books. What mattered for the kids of the high-reading moms was how orderly the family's home was."

Bad news for my kids, I suppose.