Clik here to view.
Stress of Parenthood: Guest Post
I’ve decided to take a little break from blogging (read more about the reasons why), but wanted to continue to provide interesting and insightful content on my blog in the meantime. I asked for help...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Baby-led Weaning with Real Food: Guest Post
I’ve decided to take a little break from blogging (read more about the reasons why), but wanted to continue to provide interesting and insightful content on my blog in the meantime. I asked for help...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Newly Identified Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Leach into Food Packaging:...
I’ve decided to take a little break from blogging (read more about the reasons why), but wanted to continue to provide interesting and insightful content on my blog in the meantime. For a while I will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Are We Teaching Our Kids With Our Reactions to Osama bin Laden’s Death?
I know there’s already been a lot written in response to Osama bin Laden’s death on May 1, but something about it all left me feeling discombobulated since I first read the news (on Twitter). After...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How We Came to Home School: Guest Post
I’m currently on hiatus from blogging (read more about the reasons why), but want to continue to provide interesting and insightful content on my blog in the meantime. For a while I will have guest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. –Robert Cushing It’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Just when ya think you’ve got it all figured out…
We’ve been unschooling for a relatively short period of time, but over the past couple of months I felt like things had really started falling into place. I felt like I gained an understanding of what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boys, Girls, Bathing Suits and Inequality : a recycled post
This post originally appeared on my blog three years ago on June 17, 2010. As summer is in full swing once again, I thought it was a good time to revisit this topic. Has anything changed in three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sew much fun!
One of the things I love about unschooling is that I’m often exposed to things/experiences that I might not explore on my own if it weren’t for my kids. One of those experiences that’s come up recently...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learn Nothing Day 2013
From Learn Nothing Day by Sandra Dodd: Unschoolers need a holiday. When people ask if they homeschool in the summer, they say yes. When people ask when they have a break from learning, they say never....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Confessions of a Reluctant Gamer: Playing Minecraft with my Kids
I should have known when I married my husband Jody — an avid gamer — that someday down the road our future children would be gamers as well, but I didn’t think much about it. I kind of thought my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Encouraging our Kids to Dream Big (Despite our Fears)
My friend Jill recently posted a link on her Facebook page to How to Mentor a Kid with Big (Possibly Unrealistic) Dreams by Lori Pickert from Project-Based Homeschooling. The article touches on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Unschooling Blog by Zen Habits’ Leo Babauta
OK, I admit it. I’m a bit of a slacker when it comes to reading blogs. I’m all “hey, look at me! I have a blog. Read *my* blog!” And yet, <gulp> I rarely read anyone else’s. There are a handful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Play Matters
We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. – George Bernard Shaw It’s 11:41 p.m. on a Thursday as I lie in my bed listening to the murmur of my kids from the next...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Longmont carjacking/abduction prompts question: Is it safe to leave kids in...
This morning a car was stolen from a Longmont, Colo. gas station with 4-year-old Allen Chavarria-Rodriquez inside. An Amber Alert was issued and thankfully the boy was safely recovered later as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Talking about Unschooling with Barb Lundgren
I recently had the opportunity to attend a free talk about unschooling by Barb Lundgren, a mother to three (now) adult unschoolers. Barb is also the founder of the Rethinking Everything Conference and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mother Knows Best
I recently came across the following quote, “A worried mother does better research than the FBI.” If you are a reader of my blog, my guess is that you can relate to that. I certainly can. From the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Talking to Kids about Marijuana
About a month ago my family took a road trip to southern Colorado primarily to explore the Great Sand Dunes National Park. As luck would have it, the weather didn’t entirely cooperate, and we awoke to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sew much fun!
One of the things I love about unschooling is that I’m often exposed to things/experiences that I might not explore on my own if it weren’t for my kids. One of those experiences that’s come up recently...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learn Nothing Day 2013
From Learn Nothing Day by Sandra Dodd: Unschoolers need a holiday. When people ask if they homeschool in the summer, they say yes. When people ask when they have a break from learning, they say never....
View Article
