Comments on: Scent Stamps http://boysalmanac.com/2009/08/18/scent-stamps/ Boy's Almanac: Modern Adventures with The American Boy's Handy Book Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: steph http://boysalmanac.com/2009/08/18/scent-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-20550 steph Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:57:33 +0000 http://boysalmanac.com/?p=1944#comment-20550 That's a very valid point, about the gender differences. I think I've seen it most among parent blogs that I read, many of whom raise girls, and many of whom keep craft-related focus on their material. It is indulging for a parent to write about attributes and interests that their children seem to share with them, and perhaps less enjoyable to write about their child's interests when they are so different from their own. If I could share a day with my children sewing and then writing about our fine-motor mastery, I'd probably do it! I conceived this blog one day actually as a realization that I simply couldn't indulge my children with any art or craft pursuits (at least not until they were interested). They are simply too wild! There was a book that I'd picked up, this book that we focus on, that reminded me immediately that it was time to embrace those wild streaks that make my children, in all of the fiber of their being, boys. Oddly enough, even the book itself sometimes sounds too genteel! Needless to say, I know a few tomboys (I was once one myself), so fortunately, there are lovely shades of grey in this world. But yes. Boys! Even if they love the color pink and play with dolls, they're so wonderfully different, fundamentally. Thanks for the note :) That’s a very valid point, about the gender differences. I think I’ve seen it most among parent blogs that I read, many of whom raise girls, and many of whom keep craft-related focus on their material. It is indulging for a parent to write about attributes and interests that their children seem to share with them, and perhaps less enjoyable to write about their child’s interests when they are so different from their own. If I could share a day with my children sewing and then writing about our fine-motor mastery, I’d probably do it!

I conceived this blog one day actually as a realization that I simply couldn’t indulge my children with any art or craft pursuits (at least not until they were interested). They are simply too wild!
There was a book that I’d picked up, this book that we focus on, that reminded me immediately that it was time to embrace those wild streaks that make my children, in all of the fiber of their being, boys. Oddly enough, even the book itself sometimes sounds too genteel!
Needless to say, I know a few tomboys (I was once one myself), so fortunately, there are lovely shades of grey in this world. But yes. Boys! Even if they love the color pink and play with dolls, they’re so wonderfully different, fundamentally.

Thanks for the note :)

]]> By: Akemi/svtwinmom http://boysalmanac.com/2009/08/18/scent-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-20549 Akemi/svtwinmom Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:52:03 +0000 http://boysalmanac.com/?p=1944#comment-20549 This is exactly what I like to do with my boys, associate places and experiences with smells. I love the phrase you coined, "Scent stamps." Lately, I have been feeling that society celebrates young girls from what they wear (fashions!) to the facility with which they accomplish their fine motor skills in kindergarten. And boys are overlooked. It's nice to find a place where boys (and girls, too) are celebrated and I love the back-to-basics focus of this blog. Thank you! This is exactly what I like to do with my boys, associate places and experiences with smells. I love the phrase you coined, “Scent stamps.”

Lately, I have been feeling that society celebrates young girls from what they wear (fashions!) to the facility with which they accomplish their fine motor skills in kindergarten. And boys are overlooked.

It’s nice to find a place where boys (and girls, too) are celebrated and I love the back-to-basics focus of this blog. Thank you!

]]> By: The Boy’s Almanac » Paddling for Bioluminescence http://boysalmanac.com/2009/08/18/scent-stamps/comment-page-1/#comment-19300 The Boy’s Almanac » Paddling for Bioluminescence Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:28:56 +0000 http://boysalmanac.com/?p=1944#comment-19300 [...] much time paddling up and down the sloughs, bays and byways of the Bay Area. On a recent campout to Tomales Bay we overheard, just as we were laying down to sleep in our tents, an armada of chatty sea kayakers [...] [...] much time paddling up and down the sloughs, bays and byways of the Bay Area. On a recent campout to Tomales Bay we overheard, just as we were laying down to sleep in our tents, an armada of chatty sea kayakers [...]

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