What do you think about it? COMMENT ON THEM by Wendell Máximo https://padlet.com/wendellmaximob/hd2h2dtvmm3nw2xn en-us 2022-08-22 17:20:25 UTC 2025-06-04 18:51:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Cities consider bans on shopping-mall pet stores wendellmaximob https://padlet.com/wendellmaximob/hd2h2dtvmm3nw2xn/wish/2267688255 That doggie in the window might not be for sale at any price, if animal welfare activists have their way.
The city of Richmond, B.C., is considering a ban on retail sales of dogs, in an effort to cut down on impulse buying as well as to dry up demand for dogs from puppy mills. Adopting from animal shelters and buying from private breeders would still be allowed.
]]> 2022-08-22 17:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wendellmaximob/hd2h2dtvmm3nw2xn/wish/2267688255 Restaurant bans kids under 14 — to punish their misbehaving parents wendellmaximob https://padlet.com/wendellmaximob/hd2h2dtvmm3nw2xn/wish/2267690662 The restaurant is named “Oma’s Küche,” which means Grandma’s Kitchen. But Grandma isn’t interested in dinner with the grandkids: The restaurant, in northern Germany, has made headlines by banning children under the age of 14 at dinnertime. It’s a tactic that other restaurateurs have tried — sometimes to much acclaim, and sometimes to huge backlash.]]> 2022-08-22 17:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/wendellmaximob/hd2h2dtvmm3nw2xn/wish/2267690662 Gym Class Is So Bad, Kids Are Skipping School to Avoid It wendellmaximob https://padlet.com/wendellmaximob/hd2h2dtvmm3nw2xn/wish/2267692215 A recent working paper focused on a massive P.E. initiative in Texas captures this reality. Analyzing data out of the state’s Texas Fitness Now program—a $37 million endeavor to improve middle schoolers’ fitness, academic achievement, and behavior by requiring them to participate in P.E. every day—the researchers concluded that the daily mandate didn’t have any positive impact on kids’ health or educational outcome. On the contrary: They found that the program, which ran from 2007 to 2011, actually had detrimental effects, correlating with an uptick in discipline and absence rates.]]> 2022-08-22 17:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wendellmaximob/hd2h2dtvmm3nw2xn/wish/2267692215