#chidlren

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 44, 28 octobre 1866, Paris. Corset extérieur pour enfant. Corset extérieur étendu. Ressort en cuivre pour le corset extérieur. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

[sovietpostcards]

"Children" by Vladimir Vasin (1949)

[thecatalogueofroyalfashion]

Princess Charlotte || J Crew

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Unidentified Virginia Family Photograph Collection Photograph by W.T. Spence, Crewe, Virginia 

[faithinhumanityr]

ishtar0110 submitted to faithinhumanityr: “ Gracen’s lemonade stand was robbed, and what the police did next was astounding” - thanks ishtar!

9 year old Gracen’s sign in Brooklyn Park says, “Lemonade on the right. Mostly in the morning!” On Thursday June 14th, he made $20 for the day when something bad happened. But it turned into a sweet miracle from the Brooklyn Park Police Department. Gracen’s dad Mark shared the story on KTIS:

 “Two junior high kids on bikes drove by his stand and stole $20 out of his cup. Gracen called me up and asked me if he should call the police and I said that he probably shouldn’t bother them, but I did pray for him over the phone using the verse from Proverbs 6:31 that says whatever the thief steals he has to pay back sevenfold.  Later I called him back and told him to go ahead and call the police that if they weren’t busy maybe they would help him out. When I got home there were two Brooklyn Park police cars on the street in front of his lemonade stand and the nice lady officer told him she was going to replace his $20 and she said, “but I want Dad to hold on to it, ” so she gave it to me to hold for him. After that a third police car showed up and that officer asked for 4 cups of lemonade and gave him $5. By the end of the day he had $50 because of the officers.” 

[givology]

 Givology has 29 chapters around the world that help us raise funding and awareness for our education projects and scholarships through local events. Our chapters are often started by our volunteers and interns at the high school, college or regional level to give members opportunities to educate, inspire and motivate others to improve access to quality education in their community. Our chapters are core to our strength - we rely on them to raise funding through events, spread awareness about our education causes, brainstorm and execute creative campaigns, and help us connect with more people.

Some examples of our chapters’ work:

Our Seoul chapter held an education awareness event at its local elementary school to teach young children about education policy

Our New York City chapter organized a major gala and auction in support of More than Me in Liberia 

Our University of Pennsylvania chapter coordinated an international food night and put together “give change to make change” collections at student cafes.  

Want to start a chapter?

Anyone can start their own Givology chapter! It is a great way to have fun with friends while making an impact in your community. You can find out more information here on our website.

Stay tuned for more #GivologyIdeology posts— a new one will be released each week!

[andimthedad]

Road Trip: Westward Day 2: A little Philly on the way to DC

This summer, the kids and I embarked on a 10,000-mile cross-country road trip from Washington to Maine and back. Along the way, we got a brief taste of America through landmarks and sights that represent our nation, for better or worse.

Read notes from every day of the trip:

Eastward: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Westward: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

And various posts from the FAQ.

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We hung out with the family for the morning and had yummy ice cream for lunch at Milk Sugar Love in Jersey City.

Photo from Milk Sugar Love itself, not me.

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Rocky Steps, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We left New Jersey and headed to Washington, DC. On the way, we stopped to see the famous “Rocky Steps” in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. You can see the steps in several of the Rocky movies, as well as the Creed movies, and even in the comedy action hero movie Shazam.

For example, here’s a Rocky II clip from 1979:

Of course, that scene is a lot less dramatic if you turn the sound off. Then it’s kind of weird.

Rocky essentially passes the torch to Adonis in the 2015 movie Creed:

We had to climb the steps ourselves, of course, and stand in Rocky’s spot.

On our visit, we saw the life-size statue of Rocky that the city of Philadelphia has installed near the bottom of the steps:

The view from the top of the steps is gorgeous, as expected.

Afterward, we walked to the nearby Pete’s Famous Pizza and ate some genuine Philadelphia Cheesesteaks.

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Delaware and Maryland

Our route took us through Wilmington, Delaware, as well as Baltimore, Maryland. We did not stop in either state except to do the kids’ trip activities: Luke shot basketballs and Beth roller-skated.

These are tiny states. Washington state occupies over 70,000 square miles of land. By comparison, Maryland is under 13,000, and Delaware is not even 2,500.

I know there are things to see there, but we were just driving through.

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Washington, DC

We rolled into DC in the evening, shortly before the sun went down. I had never driven in DC before. On prior visits, I had always taken taxis or public transportation. But the evening traffic was not unlike other urban environments. 

The hotel pool was already closed, so we ordered food and called it a night.

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Unless noted otherwise, all photos and videos are taken by the kids and I, and are shared under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.

[dramioneasks]

For the Children by Wolfling72 - M, 21 chapters - My take on the marriage law trope and what one can expect when different types of people are joined in "holy matrimony" due to the Ministry. Expect romance and family drama. It should be noted that my main pairing will contain POC Hermione due to reasons listed in the first A/N.