Category: Parenting
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Book Review: Make Your Worrier a Warrior
Make Your Worrier a Warrior is a useful addition to any parenting library. With his emphasis on practical solutions that any family can implement, author Daniel Peters offers families help with common problems that can cripple their children’s chance at success in whatever they want to pursue.
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Homeschooling Mom’s Bill of Rights
First, my disclaimer: There are some fathers who are the primary homeschooling parent, but this piece specifically addresses a “mom thing.” As women, many of us have been socialized to feel that it’s our job to take care of everyone else to the detriment of our own health and happiness. Homeschooling dads, please feel free…
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On finding and forgetting
When my children can’t find something of theirs, I always remind them of my method: “If you always put it away in the same place, you’ll always know where to find it.” Given that I tend to be forgetful, this is a rule I live by. If I set down my keys on my desk…
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Talk to your kids
When my children were small, we were fortunate that our lives intersected briefly with a wonderful woman who was temporarily working as a babysitter. She was a refugee and had gone from being a respected professional in her native tongue to a naive beginner in America. As such, she had the unusual experience of being…
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A question of scale
This year my son and I decided to use a new and unusual history curriculum in our homeschool. The Big History Project is an attempt to reshape history to be meaningful to kids in the age of information. Rather than focusing just on the wars and conquests of the past, this curriculum attempts to help…