Great Expectations
Thanks to Mr. Charles Dickens for letting me borrow his title today. I do respect a good author. My post is very different from his story, though. I'm talking about…
Helping Littles with Big Feelings
I've written before about "terrible twos," along with running ones and grouchy threes. These little ones all have big feelings sometimes, and they usually seem overly dramatic for whatever the…
To Ourselves and Our Posterity
This month we celebrated the anniversary of the United States of America. This country was set up to be ruled by laws instead of kings in order to give all…
Lessons from a Lemon Tree
When we found our current home about 10 years ago, it already had a mature lemon tree in the backyard. What a blessing it was and has been for these…
Teaching Peacemaking
"What do you do about them fighting?" she asked me. "I mostly tell them to knock it off," was my short answer. It was less than 100 degrees in August…
Culture of Kindness Part 2
Earlier this year I wrote a post about teaching kindness to our kids by studying world geography in homeschool: Homeschool: Culture of Kindness. I had to write a part 2…
Parenting with Holidays: What do they mean?
Parents get the bulk of the holiday work, along with extra enjoyment watching their kids. Holidays are about more than work and fun, though.
Culture of Kindness
In our homeschool lessons this year we're learning about world cultures. That made me think about what kind of culture we have at home.