Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

Category: Culture

  • Our modern life: garbage

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    A couple of weeks ago, our son’s class had a project to count all the garbage their families made in a week. At the outset, that seemed pretty simple. We put checklists over the major garbage cans and recycling bins in the house and attached a pen to each. Theoretically, we’d be able to count…

  • Helicoptering, hovering, and hyperextending, but holistically

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    Someone forwarded me the cover story from Time Magazine this week and asked for my opinion. In summary, it’s about what some are seeing as a trend in parenting, the trend already dubbed “helicopter parenting” and made famous by Lenore Skenazy, the author of “Free Range Kids.” Parents who parent too much, who hover and…

  • Thanksgiving off the shelf

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    My husband’s cousin sent a link to a very useful site: http://www.goodguide.com/ [See my article about it on Examiner.com] I enjoyed perusing it, and thought I might find it useful in many circumstances. However, it was a head-shaking, shocking realization to look at their reviews of their “Thanksgiving Food Collection” that they are probably spot-on…

  • Household economies

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    I have two major strikes against my ability to make money: First, the career path that called to me was writer and teacher. Neither has ever paid my way in life. The second is having chosen to homeschool my daughter. There are people who make a good income while homeschooling, but almost all of them…

  • Consuming creativity

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    The other day I wrote about “media values” — making sure that the media you allow your children to use reflects your family’s values. That made me think more in-depth about one value that my husband and I share that is probably deeper than almost anything else: we want our kids to be creators, not…