Why homeschooling? If you research the topic for five minutes, you will find many reasons to homeschool. However, you may not have heard of perhaps the seven most compelling reasons of all. They come from John Taylor Gatto’s book Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling. Actually, Gatto – who, back in the [...]
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My husband and I – and a few parents before us – have discovered the best way to teach our son to ride a bike. Ready? The best way to teach a kid to ride a bike is…drum roll, please… Not to teach them! Instead, forget the tricycles and training wheels and allow them to [...]
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Homeschooling a preschooler – even if you’re doing it the “life learning” way – definitely has its challenges. Especially when the child in question is an Only, and is constantly demanding attention from Mommy and Daddy. Here are five preschool activity suggestions that can help you fill those long days when you strive for that [...]
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I have written about the joys and glories of raised bed gardening, particularly Mel Bartholomew’s square foot gardening method. It comes with a lot of benefits, such as requiring less weeding and having easier- to-drain soil then beds existing on the ground, in the native soil. But a couple weeks ago, I was looking up [...]
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If you’re wondering how to discipline a child – your child – effectively, you are not alone. Contradictions and controversies rein in the Western world of discipline techniques. Spanking or positive discipline? Gentle discipline or rewards and punishment? While recently reading the book Healthy at 100 by John Robbins, the last thing I expected to [...]
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For me, and essential part of healthy living as a family is to practice attachment parenting. Today I bring you guest author Stephanie Lehane, who touches on the three biggest components of attachment parenting and why they are important for not only the baby, but even the whole family. Attachment Parenting: Parenting in a Detached [...]
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That I would homeschool my son was a no-brainer decision for me, a former school teacher who grew early on in my career to despise the tragic limitations educational institutions place upon our children’s minds and gifts. That I would let Benjamin mostly lead the way in his learning (mixing the Charlotte Mason and unschooling [...]
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Ah, winter. A time of gifts and carols. Of snowfalls and snowballs. Of ice-covered trees and frosted windowpanes. A time to curl up on the couch and lose precious brain cells while staring at a large, flickering screen filled with images that do absolutely nothing to help you improve your marriage, bond with your kids, [...]
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Is natural childbirth something every pregnant woman should strive for? Well, it’s certainly a great way to get your baby started on the right path to healthy living. Today I bring to you a guest writer, Sheila Baskerville, to answer that question. Is Natural Childbirth Right For You? Author: Sheila Baskerville If you are pregnant, [...]
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By the time Benjamin was around two years old, I had a feeling he was going to be what some label as a “strong-willed child.” Now, in all of his three-year-old glory, I’m not sure he’s as much strong-willed as he is what I think of as a “live wire”: full of energy, in constant [...]
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