Category: Parenting
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Calm in the face of chaos, otherwise known as modern parenting
I just got back from a refreshing and fun homeschooling conference. Homeschooling conferences are their own sort of thing: part conference, part costume party, part mass therapy session. This one was no exception. During the Q&A part of a talk I gave, one of the moms in the audience told me something like “I feel…
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The Value of Competition
Our kids are just as smart as we are….if not smarter. They know when people are putting them on, so if we continue the charade that kids’ achievements are all the same, we’re not doing them any favors. Yes, it’s great to celebrate all children’s abilities, but avoiding competition puts our children into a manufactured…
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Goal-setting full circle
Writing this book on goal-setting is sending me full circle back to what I think is most important about goal-setting: being self-reflective, focusing our attention on what matters, and realizing that “success” is all about feeling like we’ve done our best, and not at all about being declared “successful” by someone else.
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Favorite picture books
In our house, picture books have a very long life. My thirteen-year-old refuses to get rid of her favorites, still! Here are a few of the most memorable, with some memories to go along with them. Goodnight, Gorilla We’re a family of words, so what’s this book of very few words doing on our list?…
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8 Essential Homeschooling Ingredients
Here in no particular order are the ingredients that made our homeschooling recipe sweet, spicy, comforting, complex, and zesty!