Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:

• The #marketing origins of the #PledgeOfAllegiance, by John Gorman

#SimCity spin-offs from the 90s, by @penguinpete

• Learnings from the #TheAISummit London, by Elliot

• Toddler #parenting hacks, by Amarie Skrzyp

• Making #gazpacho to beat the heat, by Dim Nikov

https://medium.com/blog/how-the-pledge-of-allegiance-started-as-a-marketing-campaign-d66a0d38df7c

#Medium #writing#AI #gaming

Ugghhh. Just searched for kids' Police toy sets out of curiosity, because my youngest is very interested in the whole cops and robbers thing right now - but urrrggghh they're full of violent weaponry.

One set event looked like a SWAT style outfit. Grim.

Any parents successfully redirected such an interest away from the "bang bang let's shoot the thief" side of things?

#parenting

Every time you vent about parenting someone bursts in like the Kool-Aid man with "Have you tried..."

No.

Just stop.

So if you are on the struggle bus, let me bust in:

NO amount of gentle parenting, advice, regulation, meditation mindfulness, psychology, or any kind of mojo will make you a "good enough" parent to prevent your toddler completely losing the entirety of their shit about getting the wrong color cup.

Not your fault. There. Not. Your. Fault.

#parenting