When my first child was a little baby, I came across a blog post about homeschooling. In a few moments, my mind was seven years in the future: what would it look like to educate my children at home? I delightfully imagined travelling to see family at any time of the year, skipping out on…
I know I’m not the only mom who feels this way. Who looks at her children, and feels like time is slipping through her fingers. Who feels desperate to make these precious years count – the years where her whole family is still snug in the nest – yet finds herself in a daily struggle…
It’s early November and The Season is almost here. The Homeschool Advent Season. The Season, in our house, begins with a late November birthday, and flows through Thanksgiving, Advent, another birthday, Christmas, and New Year. There is a lot of joy and festivity over this time and my goal every year is to actually enjoy…
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A few years ago, my son really didn’t want to go to bed and launched into full lights-out-postponement tactics, grasping at any thread of conversation that would keep me talking. So when I mentioned that he needed sleep so that we could do school tomorrow, he quickly asked, ‘Why?’ ‘Because it’s my responsibility to ensure…
While there are a lot of ways to raise children, there are a few parental qualities that I see repeatedly held up as ‘ideal’. Mainly, in an ideal situation, a parent will have high expectations of their children, while also showing them ample warmth and love. A parent will set and maintain appropriate limits. A…
The attention cottage (a la Alan Jacobs) is an exciting metaphor. I think it’s something that many of us want: habits and homes that are marked by wisdom and contemplation of eternal truths, rather than by the sort of frenzied chaos that characterizes everything from our to-do list to social media. This comparison is worth…
My husband and I are coming up to our twelfth anniversary. In terms of marriage length, it still feels like we are babies. My parents have been married for nearly 40 and my grandparents for decades more than that. I hope, though, that babies-in-marriage though we are, we are babies who aim to building something:…
After a conversation earlier this week, I’ve been thinking over Charlotte Mason’s principle, “Education is an atmosphere”. It seems appropriate given that our warm weather this week has led to a stuffy, hot atmosphere, particularly in the house. Like most British people, we don’t have air conditioning, and our houses were built with more attention to keeping…