Let's ignore the gorilla in the room....again....

At first glance, this article from the "beeb" ought to be right up my alley; evidently breastfeeding longer than four months is correlated with lower incidence of behavioral problems even after socioeconomic status and such is accounted for.  What is not to like?  You feed a child what God designed him to eat, and in the way He intended, you get better results, right?

Well, there is a gorilla in the room--is it possible that women who breastfeed after four months are also the ones who are (a) happily married and (b) able to mother their children at home for the long term?  As much as I'd like to credit one God-given thing for this effect, it seems that there is another God-given thing at work, and that is a mother's primary care of children.

Speaking of God-given things that we ought to heed, here's a hilarious report from Chicago; evidently two boys were prevented from eating breakfast at a Chicago public government school because they were wearing what officials said was the wrong kind of shoes. 

Now for starters, I'm not exactly clear on why black shoes of any kind ought to be required to attend school, and especially dress shoes.  These kids were poor enough to qualify for the school breakfast, and school officials are sending them to the local Allen Edmonds outlet?  I'm all in favor of good footwear, but even I can figure out that this is absurd in a poor neighborhood.

The kicker, though, is the final note; the school officials were wrong.  Black athletic style shoes were just fine according to the school's dress code, which brings me to the God-given privilege parents have of "training up a child in the way he should go."  Put mildly, if a homeschooled child can't meet his school's dress code, mom and dad have only two people to blame, and that's a good thing.