I've got a file on my desktop that includes all the stuff I want to write about on Nuketown, but never seem to get to. With a nod toward Uncle Bear's Random News Tables, I've decided to resurrect Nuketown's Netheads as an irregular column about irregular things. Expect parenting tips, science fiction goodness, and general geekery.
Washington Post: In Praise of Skinned Knees and Grubby Faces
Conn Iggulden, co-author of The Dangerous Book for Boys praises the diverse upbringing that he and his brother got, including everything from learning to use pocket knives to stories of Artic explorers to sports you could actually win. Inggulden rails against a society that threatens to make our kids too safe, denying them the pleasure of launching a model rocket or carving their initials in trees because of the eternal, intangible menace of the worst case scenario.
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