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Topics: empowerment, mindful parenting, relationships, zen

Only YOU Can Stop the “Respect Your Elders” Negative Cycle

“Respect your elders.”
“Honor your mother and father.”
Many “elders” commonly tout these phrases to “disrespectful” youngers, yet they never model respectfulness themselves.
Want your children to respect you? Then model respectfulness.
If you believe you are being “dissed” by your children, stop and ask yourself why you believe this.  Ask yourself what you might have done to bring [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, education, empowerment, games, homeschooling, mindful parenting, photographs, relationships, sleep, top ten, words

Top 10: Reasons Why I’m Glad We Unschool

This is similar to my “Top 10: Reasons Why I’m THANKFUL We Discovered Unschooling“, but different and current.  In no particular order:

SMILES; Happy children learn more than unhappy children.  When was the last time your child declared that something was “the best ever” or “I love my life” or “this is so cool” or similar?  [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, empowerment, mindful parenting, relationships, vegan, words

Are older lives valued more than younger lives?

I’ve noticed that in our society, older lives are more valued than the youngest ones.
Everyone is expected to be deferential and respectful of the elderly (no matter how they treat other people, nor how important they are to a situation).  Yet, children are often ignored and treated rudely.  When I go shopping, I almost always [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, education, empowerment, environmentalism, favorites, homeschooling, mindful parenting, party, relationships, sleep, vegan, vegetarian, words, writing, zen

12; Twelve; A WHOLE Dozen

My oldest child turns twelve today.  As birthdays and anniversaries often do, I’ve been contemplating the years and what they’ve meant to me.  It’s true what they say about a parent with young children: The days are long, but the years are short.
There are full days that felt like years, and lately, the years have [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, empowerment, homeschooling, mindful parenting, relationships, words

“You Have Two Legs” and Other Rude Comments to Children

There is something about the “new school year” that seems to bring out the worst in schooled parent-child relationships. Everywhere I go, I’m hearing really mean comments to kids. Sure I haven’t seen or heard the whole story, but I often have seen the set-up to the rude comments and in almost every [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, empowerment, mindful parenting

Choosing Priorities

Ultimately, what you get out of life is derived by your personal priorities. So, choosing what yours are is highly important. Don’t let other people choose your goals for you. If you do, you will not live an authentic life. This isn’t a “leave others in the lurch” statement - quite [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, empowerment, mindful parenting

Managing Motherhood

You’ve all heard it: Parenthood is the most important job you’ll ever have.
Thing is, being a mother or father is not a job at all. You’ll never be given a paycheck for taking care of your children. Becoming a parent is almost always a choice. Parents don’t deserve paychecks for the life [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, empowerment, mindful parenting

Goals, Again

Goals are important. Without them, we flounder, wither, and die (if not physically, then certainly emotionally and psychologically).
Yet, no one can truly make goals for anyone other than themselves. This is a trap parents often get into. It’s inevitable — we have dreams and desires for our children. There is nothing [...]

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Top 10: Reasons My Mom is the Best Mom in the World

In no particular order:

My earliest memory is of my mother rocking me in a rocking chair. I was calm and content. I didn’t need to be rocked, yet she rocked me anyway because she wanted to. In my memory, the experience lasted a long time. How sweet is that?
My mother has [...]

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Topics: Unschooling, education, empowerment, mindful parenting, words

Ignorant vs. Stupid

Never be afraid or ashamed to admit you don’t know something.
The other day my husband asked my older daughter (11.5) if she knew what a particular word meant. It was conversational and light and happened in response to her asking us a question about a clue on Jeopardy! — his asking was not part [...]

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