Alex, 7 1/2, has found this YouTube channel called "In a Nutshell." It explains all these big concepts in six minutes through animated videos. Topics like "What is Life?"; "Nuclear Energy"; "Black Holes"; "War on Drugs" and "Ebola."
I questioned it for a minute—are these kid's topics?—but he started reading when he was 2 1/2 and is always driven to learn. There's so much that is bad on the Internet, I figure, alright, let him seek knowledge.
I came in yesterday and he was almost done with a video on "The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained." I thought, oh my God, I've got to start poring through the news more often, because this kid is going to know so much more than me.
To use a quote from "What About Bob?", which I do as often as possible: "We can't be expected to understand him. He's so far above us. We're like ropes on a Good Year Blimp."
"A little bit of this. A little bit of that. A pot, a pan, a broom, a hat. . ."—Anatevka, "Fiddler on the Roof." This is a blog about everything and nothing. A little parenting, a little humor, some poetry, news, essays, a lot of music. I don't want to waste your time, just send positive vibes into the blogosphere. Oh, yeah, my name is Sarah Torribio. Enough about me, how are you?