"the mighty battering rams: fight for turf, space and power "

"And therein lies the rub. These mothers say they want the world to value their children; but they won't let the children value the world. Apart from isolating them in those daunting contraptions, thus ensuring there can be no spontaneous social interaction, they then obliterate the child's forming view of the world, thereby implying it isn't interesting enough.

They hang a camouflage net of lurid toys, blocking out the soft filtered shadows of the trees, the reds and pinks of the fuchsias, the rustling of the wind and the distant barking of a dog. It's the equivalent of an infant's iPod, a full-on visual and audio - socially inhibiting - soundtrack to life."

thanks to Deborah for the link

also i read in the paper today that only 10% of mothers breastfeed past 6 months grrrrr i am certainly a minority, (i wonder what the figures are for 12 month olds???)

im planning a moviefest (note it will be nothing like thoughs of Daniel )
i was thinking back of some classic films i have seen in the past and how i would love to watch them again then i thought why don't i. (and invite others to as well)

some just off the top of my head , many i can't remember if i liked or hated they just seem to have had some impact,

The Dreamlife of Angels,
Easy Rider
Buffalo 66
Welcome to the Dolls House
The graduate
City of God
Dr Seuss - The Lorax
Being there
Saint Ex

and movie i haven't seen but want to

Enlightenment Guaranteed
The conversation
Goddess of 1967
Dark Water
Etre et Avoir
Johnny Got His Gun
Noi Albinoi
Goodbye Lenin!
boys don't cry

Lucy is standing up next to everything and slowly sussing out balance, had pureed brown rice mishaps (she not really interested in eating the food but it was fun smearing it round her high chair)

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple : on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
(It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.)
The Little Prince