Just Add Light and Stir

Part of a 2004 description of our unschooling home, when three kids and their friends were here: They come here and we’re workin...

Sandra, March 2008: All my kids have TVs in their rooms. No... Holly took hers out when the VHS player broke, and it's in a corner...

My kids are great at delayed gratification, all of them. They have saved money, earned money, bought small things, and large things, waite...

Bob Collier wrote: Before my son's years of unschooling, it would never have occurred to me that it was possible for someb...

In response to someone saying her child would rather take the easy route than try something tough, Joyce Fetteroll wrote: It's hum...

Renee Cabatic wrote, in 2013: As Xander has been playing Grand Theft Auto 5, I've written down some of the things he's been lea...

When teens or young adults have chosen to have a job without desperation for money, and when they are accustomed to learning all the time an...

" Headgear " in very many forms, and unschoolers. photo credit lost in history; mask by Marty Dodd (photo is a link)

I've seen a difference in motivation in teens who have been nurtured and whose parents were not adversarial with them. They don't c...

When Kirby was offered a job in another state, including an allowance for his moving expenses, I wanted to be encouraging without seeming to...

I had been unschooling for years before a few people suggested on a message board that requiring kids to do chores could be as bad as m...

Here's an idea that will work with just about every aspect of life: Every time you make a decision, wait until you've th...

"Power struggles can disappear when the person with the power stops struggling." —Deb Lewis SandraDodd.com/deblewis SandraD...

Business, an offer, excuses, a thank-you: If you're expecting e-mail from me, ever, save this: aelflaed@gmail.com and put Sandra Dodd...

SandraDodd.com/humor/ photo by Trevor Parker, later edited by Holly Dodd photo 2010, caption added 2014, first use here 2019

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: It's the essence of every story: The protagonist has a need. He finds ways around what stands between him a...

Children grow up, but all the stages of their childhood stay alive in their parents' memories. Balancing, stages, profiles photo of Mar...

All the entertainment, office tools, art, music, trivia and humor that used to take people two or three rooms to store can be accessed with...

For the first MANY years of their lives, our kids fell asleep being nursed, or being held or rocked by dad or mom, or in the car on the way ...

A loud, happy home is more peaceful than a quiet home where people are afraid to "disturb the peace." SandraDodd.com/bignoisypea...