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As many of you know by now, my family was on The Today Show yesterday, October 14, 2011. Many people have sent me private and public messages about our appearance. Some sent congratulatory messages, some wonder what kind of feedback we’re getting, some want to know our thoughts about the segment, some want our advice [...]
Quick: Name a high school teen movie. Doesn’t matter when it was made. Okay, now name another, and another–again, it doesn’t matter when they were made. Now, what do they all have in common? Yes, they all have striking similarities, don’t they? The popular kids exist in them, being mean to the rest of the [...]
An old friend of mine recently read my blog and was pleased to see that we agreed that iceberg lettuce and schools both suck the life out of people. I loved his observation, and I especially love that we’d both come to these conclusions separately. I’ve been thinking about my friend’s comment and I realized [...]
The other day I posted “Lisa is making vegan runzas with her kids — yum!” for my status on my Facebook page. Today, a friend of mine who has children the exact same age as mine wrote, “<Name> loves teaching her girls how to cook.” Those two statements put side-by-side is the exact difference between [...]
Before I first became a parent, I was fully aware that my child would take up most of my time. As she even demanded to be with me during my sleeping and showering minutes, I quickly researched if that was normal — IT IS! — and I learned about Attachment Parenting. Time went by and [...]
There are many misconceptions about unschooling. Through my talking with people unfamiliar with the concept, I see the same incorrect ideas popping up again and again. Let’s get the facts clear. Unschooling is NOT permissive parenting. Unschooling is NOT leaving children alone to their own devices. Unschooling is NOT having a “no boundaries” home. Unschooling [...]
It’s interesting to me how many adults ask me that question when they find out that not only do my kids not go to school, but they also don’t “do school” at home. For some reason, they seemed shocked that not only did I go to public school, but I also went to college long [...]
One of the biggest arguments against homeschooling is: “But, what about socialization?” How ironic! It’s in school where we are the most frequently told to stop socializing… Who here hasn’t been told, “You’re not here to SOCIALIZE!” My kids love going out and about. They both have regular social activities without each other and in [...]
I recently heard a homeschooling mother say that her family unschooled during the summer and Christmas vacations. I’ve also heard parents of schooled (public and private) say similarly. The homeschooling mother’s reasoning was that she believed that nothing can be learned during those times anyway since the kids are distracted by other things, plus she [...]
I love listening to the girls waiting for their dance classes while my daughter is in her dance classes. I recently told the story of several publicly and privately schooled girls who were talking about their homework with each other. One girl told of how her class was given homework every night (she’s either 9 [...]
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