Seated around our table with five of her friends, Mouse celebrated her eleventh birthday.
One is two years younger than she. One is three years older. The other three are her age.
All five are Christian. Only three attend our church.
Three are homeschooled. Two attend public school.
One lives down the street. Four [...]
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 [...]
Catholic Dads recently asked how other homeschool families discuss homeschooling with family, friends and paticularly with the homeschooled children. Particularly the questions of children seem to draw out uncertainties. After all, we have so much power to frame the entire discussion and insert our views into our children. Catholic Dad’s questions echo my own thoughts [...]
As a homeschooler, I spend a bit of time thinking about “the S word,” the socialization question. What socialization is, what people really mean when they ask about it and whether schools really have anything to do with socialization in the first place. As a homeschooler, I have all sorts of arguments and defenses for [...]
Ki o tsuke!
Calls sensei, and twenty children snap to attention, facing the front and awaiting instruction. All but one young man: my son. He is standing at the end, facing the wrong direction, his gi practically falling off and swinging his belt as if it were a lasso. There is a long pause as it [...]
Let me get this straight. We, as homeschoolers, are supposed to send our kids to public school so that they can be properly socialized. Once they are there, however, the school has to hire an outside, non-profit group to come in and teach their elementary-aged students how to behave on the playground?
So last year Wright [...]
I have been thinking a lot about this recently as I prepare to include my son in more formal learning. My daughter thrives on being given as much independence as possible. My son thrives on structure. I am trying to find some sense of balance, a happy medium. Then I found [...]
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