{"id":7957,"date":"2015-11-11T12:34:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/?p=7957"},"modified":"2015-11-11T12:34:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T19:34:03","slug":"are-you-like-me-with-my-grandchildren-trying-to-get-the-good-stuff-into-their-heads-first-ahead-of-the-marketing-crap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/2015\/11\/are-you-like-me-with-my-grandchildren-trying-to-get-the-good-stuff-into-their-heads-first-ahead-of-the-marketing-crap\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you (like me with my grandchildren) trying to get the good stuff into their heads first ahead of the marketing crap?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div id=\"js_f\" class=\"_5pbx userContent\" style=\"color: #141823;\" data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'>\n<div id=\"id_564396cf647f45400189195\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<p>I need something from you\u2026 please<\/p>\n<p>I want your voice in my new book. Please write me an email\/letter to frankaschaeffer@aol.com about what you are doing for your children and\/or students to open doors to creativity for them. Also\u2026 who opened those doors for you? 10 words to 500\u2026 and this is a letter and doesn\u2019t have to be perfect, just true and heartfelt. What are you passing on to those you love most? How are you doing it? What bothers you about our culture that you are<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0trying to prepare them for? What was passed on to you? Are you (like me with my grandchildren) trying to get the good stuff into their heads first ahead of the marketing crap? Teachers, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, .. let me hear you! Please!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Please help me out and have your letter to me by Nov 20<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Frank<\/p>\n<p>PS. Here\u2019s Lucy and Jack at the MFA with me in Boston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3x-2\" style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<div data-ft='{\"tn\":\"H\"}'>\n<div class=\"mtm\">\n<div class=\"_5cq3\" data-ft='{\"tn\":\"E\"}'>\n<div id=\"u_0_18\" class=\"uiScaledImageContainer _4-ep\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scaledImageFitWidth img\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xlp1\/v\/t1.0-0\/s480x480\/11226906_727878717342237_8601891361332563160_n.jpg?oh=795ab718a02a67a746eaff7575b1c154&amp;oe=56B2BED7\" alt=\"Frank Schaeffer's photo.\" width=\"470\" height=\"353\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"uiScaledImageContainer _4-ep\">\n<p><strong style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">Frank\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Schaeffer<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\u00a0is a writer.\u00a0His latest book \u2014<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Atheist-Believes-GodNew-Title-ebook\/dp\/B00KDOMMUO\/ref=sr_sp-btf_image_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1400583224&amp;sr=8-2-fkmr0&amp;keywords=why+i+am+an+atheist+who+believes+in+god\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>How to give love, create beauty and find peace<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1i.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11416478478715=25a0e2899f2a1b59864.0.1.0.$right.0.0.1\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">Available now on Amazon<\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/RRCBRn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/uploads\/3\/4\/3\/8\/3438458\/2682073_orig.png\" alt=\"Picture\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/RRCBRn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/uploads\/3\/4\/3\/8\/3438458\/3619042.jpg?340\" alt=\"Picture\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-reactid=\".1i.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11416478478715=25a0e2899f2a1b59864.0.1.0.$right.0.0.1\">\n<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\n<div><strong><em>Follow Frank on Twitter\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/frank_schaeffer\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>www.twitter.com\/frank_schaeffer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong><em>See Frank\u2019s paintings\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankschaefferart.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>http:\/\/www.frankschaefferart.com\/<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong><em>Follow Frank on Facebook<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong><em>Contact Frank at<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need something from you\u2026 please I want your voice in my new book. 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