@sj_zero I’m gonna keep up the family tradition of buying paper encyclopedias and just randomly selecting a couple articles per day to read to the kids. Really helps to build a wide base of knowledge across all those disciplines, and it lets you see if anything really takes when the kid suddenly gets super interested in deep sea squid or ore smelting
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Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 04:42:50 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks -
sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 04:42:53 JST sj_zero I bought my son a book called 365 bedtime stories. I liked it because the data shows that having 500 books that are age-appropriate is equivalent to having a four-year degree at the end of their childhood in terms of benefit. I have tons of other books, they are everywhere, but I thought that one book that has 365 books worth of stories sounds like a good deal.
Anyway, on to my actual point. One of the stories was about a hen who found some wheat seeds. She decided to go plant the seeds, and ask if anyone would help her plant them. Everyone said no. Later, she asked if anyone would help her harvest the seeds, and everyone said no. After that, she asked if anyone would help her take the harvest to the mill, and everyone said no. Finally, she asked if anyone would help her bake the bread, and everyone said no. After all this, she asked if anyone would like to help eat the bread. Of course everyone said yes. And the hen angrily told them to fuck off, she and her chicks ate the bread and it was great.
I really like that story, I think it's the sort of story that you should tell kids.
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