March 8, 2024 - Mexican anarcha-feminists teach the new generation by helping a little girl tag a security van at an International Working Women's Day rally.
Journalist Zuher Dahlan (@zuher.dahlan), reporting on Feb 23rd, 2024, captured a harrowing scene at a hospital in Deir Al-Balah, where children find their baby sister, Rima, among the injured. The moment unfolds with urgency as Majd Azzam and his siblings are reunited with Rima, offering her a sense of family and comfort in the midst of the ongoing chaos. Zuher and the hospital staff encourage the siblings to stay together close to Rima, ensuring she doesn't feel alone in her vulnerable state.
My 11-year-old couldn't decide what flavor of ramen to make, so I told her to flip a coin. Heads for spicy chicken, tails for beef.
Taking my advice, she flipped a penny, and when it landed on tails she said "Wait! Wait! I did it wrong!"
I told her that she did it right, because the real reason for flipping a coin isn't to let fate decide for you, but because when the coin is in the air, you will suddenly realize what you wanted in the first place.
I'm sure there's a life lesson there somewhere…
But honestly, I have never known her to pass up spicy chicken.
Spending time with kids always reminds me how much I love the way they play. I’ll be like “hey kid look, this little bug is called an isopod it’s related to crabs and it eats dead plants” and they’ll immediately respond with something like “cool let’s play isopods we have to collect dead leaves as fast as we can and if we don’t get enough we die of starvation and have a bug funeral”
What an amazing way to process new information or explore an idea! It’s important to remember these kinds of games are not random or pointless; playing is how kids learn.