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Marketing our youth

I am really not sure what to think about this story other than “What is this world coming to?” And is there anyway to slow it down?
Russh Australia, a lifestyle and fashion magazine, hired Zippora Seven for a provocative 18-page editorial fashion spread alongside 16-year-old male model Levi Clarke. news.com.au
Seven also is but [...]

Comment Feed Question

I spent entirely too much time this past week trying to figure this out. But those of you who subscribe to my comment feed may have noticed that it is empty. My comments, on the other hand, are not. I cannot figure out what is going on. I’ve tried everything I [...]

Promoting positive discussion

I knew the day would finally come when I would feel the need to develop a comment policy. Perhaps rather than being frustrated that common sense cannot be expected to prevail among intelligent adults, I should look at it as a blogging milestone. Since I strive to maintain my blog as a [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

No sweeter gift.

Happy Mother’s Day!
(And to see what my darling Mouse got me for Mother’s Day, see here.  Quite the prudent one, that Mouse.)

Heart of the Matter is posted/Homeschool analogies

The May edition of the Heart of the Matter is posted!  And you can take some time to read my article for this month on Common Misuses of Analogy in Homeschool Criticism:
When reading essays and opinions criticizing homeschooling, it does not take very long to be confronted by a number of analogies. Judicious use of [...]

The Carnival of Homeschooling

Take a look at Melissa’s Idea Garden for some great posts on homeschooling and a little encouragement for Mother’s Day.

A more concrete objection to testing homeschools

The Thirst for Freedom posted a nice entry regarding my post about researching homeschooling which received an interesting comment from Casper about homeschoolers and testing. With the accountability craze in the public schools right now, it is unlikely this is a concern that is going to go away any time soon and with the [...]

How online communication has affected me

Christine, aka The Thinking Mother made a good point on my post looking at how our virtual lives affect our personal lives.
Discussing the affect on children and teens doing role playing games or regular video games is very different than discussing adults who were socialized before the big video game craze and before the Internet [...]

The Carnival of Homeschooling honors the homeschool bag lady

Welcome to the 121st edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling which has grown a great deal since I first heard of it while I was still blogging over at HSB. It is even beginning to attract its own spam, the first mark of recognition in the blogging world. This week’s carnival is inspired [...]

Send in those entries! and Losing my Bookmarks

Just a reminder that entries for the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening.
Please send in your submissions via the form at BlogCarnival.
And a lesson for me:  Don’t whine.
Computer issues are annoying.  You do not really realize how much you use the computer throughout the day until that luxury is not available.  How many times [...]

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