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The new Atlantic cover story on anxiety is great imo though will I am sure annoy some on here as it's critiquing our way of life and all ;)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/05/childhood-in-an-anxious-age/609079/

Anyway, I was amused to see that it quotes a DCUM thread by its title --  “Super Fudge book outs Santa as fake.” I thought that sounded familiar so I looked and here it is:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/769978.page

Here's the part of the piece where it comes up:

[quote]In my experience, this cloistering extends to everything from the Holocaust to sex. I’m surprised by how many of my friends think their fourth and fifth graders don’t know how babies are made. Meanwhile, the efforts parents make to promote belief in, for example, Santa Claus seem more fervent than ever, via tools like Elf on the Shelf and apps that supposedly show Santa’s visit to your home. One of the more revealing mommy-board threads I’ve encountered began with an irate warning titled “Super Fudge book outs Santa as fake.” More than 100 people jumped into the outraged fray that followed, all over a revelation in a classic Judy Blume novel that’s aimed at third-to-sixth graders and that came out four decades ago. So we find ourselves with a bizarre mishmash: Some adults think their fourth graders believe in Santa Claus and don’t know how babies are made while other adults—or maybe some of the same adults—think fourth graders should have smartphones. In another era, the desire to keep kids in the dark might not be a problem, but it’s a strange combination with the easy access many of them now have to Pornhub and viral videos of real-life violence.
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