When we bought our four little chickens, I inadvertently stumbled into the curious world of the backyard chicken. One of the most active forums I have ever participated in is about keeping chickens, especially in suburbia. I guess farmers in rural Nebraska are probably not looking for a support system for their chicken habits, nor [...]
Hey, did you know we’re Mexican?
says the little girl at craft table at the library. She couldn’t have been older than six. Her little friend across from her dropped her scissors, mouth agape.
Don’t you call me that!
She was clearly insulted and the table fell silent, all eyes on the offender. She averted her eyes, but [...]
Somehow, there is a new level of risque attained when you slap sexual messages on a four month old. I’m still trying NOT to picture this sweet little cherub
kicking about in a T-shirt with “I’m living proof my mum is easy” slapped on the front. Even if he does have four siblings, it [...]
Wired’s recent round-up of games being marketed to “tween” girls has stirred up a few emotions recently. With titles such as The Clique: Diss and Make-up, Top Model and My Boyfriend, the list reads like a list of the worst stereotypes of the “in” junior high cliques I was so never a part of. They [...]
Responding to an earlier opinion column, Should evolution be taught in school?, Kalamazoo Gazette reader Lawrence Kapture throws out some thoughts on home education.
Homeschooling is essentially a protest movement. Regardless of motivation, homeschoolers believe public schools are unable to prepare their children to live in the world. mlive.com
Perhaps for some. Or perhaps it was at [...]
The Patriot News has a positive article on homeschooling which strives to dispel the myths about homeschool students being taught at home. As in isolated, secluded and lacking any interaction with anyone off the plantation. Nice to know that the existence of co-ops, field trips, proms and graduation ceremonies so elevates us in the eyes [...]
As I read Milton Gaither’s review of Jennifer Lois’ “Emotionally Layered Accounts: Homeschoolers’ Justifications for Maternal Deviance”, I sort of got stuck on the title and place of publication. While the article itself sounds interesting while it looks at how we as homeschooling mothers respond to social criticism (as opposed to leaders in the homeschool [...]
Grandparents in West El Paso, Texas left their five grandchildren home alone while they ran into town to “take care of some business.” The eldest was thirteen, the youngest four. They never expected to receive a call there at the IRS from the fire department telling them they had to come home.
They never expected their [...]
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