Avant Parenting Archives
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Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives
As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…
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This is your life, kids.
Do your children love each other totally and unconditionally? Do they support and love each other through thick and thin? Go away. My children fight. My children can fight about anything. My children will fight about anything. Really. The least consequential thing they ever fought about, well, I can’t even remember it. It was that…
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Happy summer!
Are you exhausted yet? I am always exhausted at this time of year. Not only are my two children always at two different schools, both of which I want to commit to totally and both of which I need to neglect in different amounts, but both of my children play instruments, and thus have recitals,…
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The reluctant pied piper of homeschooling
I read all these well-reasoned articles about how parents pulling the highest achieving students to homeschool them or put them into private schools is hurting our public schools. The theory is, we should sacrifice our children to the greater good and leave them there. We should work with the system rather than opting out. But…
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What inspiration looks like
We took our yearly pilgrimage to the Maker Faire on Sunday. Ever since we discovered this event’s magical properties, it’s been a regular on our calendar. Yes, there were disappointments. We searched in vain for our favorite place — the room full of overstocks, rejects, and just plain junk where you could put together whatever…
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A few more gripes from the Home Engineer
If you’re not in the mood to be annoyed, Go Away. There, I’ve said it. Consider yourself forewarned. Do you hate stupid people as much as I do? First, let me define stupid people: They are those people who we need to deal with on a daily basis who see it as their function to…