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Why "The Giving Tree" is One Messed Up Book

8/23/11 7:53am by Dawn
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Now, if you are one of the 5 people who has heard me rant about this in lecture feel free to turn away now. Otherwise, listen up.   Read more >

Marketing FAIL

6/12/11 7:30pm by Dawn
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I, like nearly every blogger who has been around for awhile, get a great many PR pitches in my inbox.99.999% of them go straight into my trash I am not interested in promoting anything for a company, nor do I care to tweet or otherwise pimp their product. One I got on Friday caught my eye. And not in a good Way. It was "Moms Against Cooties" - which is just a terrible name. It was this sentence that set my chaps on fire, however:  Read more >

The only Rabbit you should buy for Easter is an Edible Chocolate One

4/21/11 12:03pm by Dawn
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We are a family who has House Rabbits.  I'll give you a moment to compose yourself as you laugh and wipe away tears.  Yes. House Rabbits. Free Roam, litter trained, spayed and neutered House Rabbits. Kind of like Cats, with longer ears and the whole vegetarian vibe going for them.  Read more >

Racists in the Crib

3/17/11 8:43am by Dawn
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Babies are hard wired to notice difference. Millennia ago, Difference Mattered.  A Lot. Difference could mean "Hey, you aren't part of my tribe and therefore, you are dangerous and possibly fatal to me, if nothing else you are competing for the food/shelter/reproductive rights that I am trying to preserve!"   Read more >

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Full Name
Dawn Rouse
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February 2006
About Me: 

Feminist, Thinker, Creator, Blogger. Student, Teacher, Observer. Woman, Mother, Wife and Rabbit Servant to two House Rabbits.

Wife to son of Black Panthers from Detroit, and Mother to one badass biracial daughter. 

I am an American living in Montreal since 2006 , finishing my PhD in  Early Childhood Education at Mcgill. And no, I don't speak French - or at least any that is understandable....

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PhD Candidate and all around professional smartypants
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Montreal, Canada
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BS in Elementary Education, University of Vermont

MS in Child Development, ECE Policy and Leadership

Phd in Education - Dissertation topic: Private Speech in Young Children: A Bridge into the Social minds of Groups

I have also worked as a teacher of young children, ages 6 weeks through 5 years, as Director of a NAEYC accredited child care serving low income families, at the DHHS, DCYF Child Development Bureau for the State of New Hampshire. I've been a validator for NAEYC  and an advocate of quality child care for ALL families, regardless of income.

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