Category: Parenting
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Favorite board books
We loved board books in our family. Here is a list of some of our favorites.
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The working homeschooling mom (or dad)
One of the top concerns I hear about homeschooling from potential homeschoolers is employment. The concern is an important one, and not just for the obvious reason.
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Goal-setting and young teens
Goal-setting helps kids understand that their education is for them, not for their parents.
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The back and forth we need
Modern brain and health research confirms what our parents knew: A good quiet walk in the evening solves many of the day’s problems.
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Risk-taking and lifelong learning
If we adults make an effort to keep striving for new and challenging experiences in our lives, it makes us better teachers and parents. My students, I try to keep in mind, do the equivalent of getting up in front of a jazz band nearly every day of their lives. They are always facing something…