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One country's trash is another country's mysterious antique treasure. SandraDodd.com/museum photo by Sandra Dodd

I often think back to the things I learned in La Leche League, from readings and other moms. If you nurse a child a long time does it m...

There are stories behind the things you have. You're saving history, geography, social ties, mysteries. Share those stories with...

Jenny Cyphers, quoting and commenting: I ran across this little bit this morning, from Pam Sorooshian: Self-recrimination is self-in...

Let the past inform your decisions. Let the past be a little angel on your shoulder, but don't let the voices in your head tell you wha...

Service and nurturing can make parents better humans. Not being served, or being nurtured, but being of service and being nurturing...

Our parents grew up in a different time, with different pressures and realities, and there's no profit in trying to persuade them they s...

Karen James wrote: Don't shelter them from the world. Don't let them loose in it. Walk with them, paying attention to what i...

Jenny Cyphers: In the newer days years ago, what helped more than anything else was to actually see my kids and what they were actu...

Sometimes people measure too much. Try not to go by the clock or the numbers or the calendar so much as you go by the emotional and person...

"Don't let fear and worry drive your decisions and interactions with your kids, though. If you focus on joy and partnership,...

Today, three times, do something a little bit better. Are you cutting an apple? Slow down and do something unexpected, somethi...

Sometimes the smallest thing can make a child extremely happy. Sometimes parents can find joy in relaxing around fears and pressures....

If you get to sleep for a long time, be glad. If your sleep is interrupted, try to be like a cat, and just accept it. Measuri...

When books are an obsession, it's considered a virtue. When mathematics is an obsession it's considered genius. When hist...

Little by little, years ago, I started to see that each little idea that had changed my own family had the potential, if I co...

It is strangely possible to learn from the whole wide world without participating in its pervasive school aspects. It's a little like...

Live in the moment as well as you can and be glad of happy surprises. Surprises Living in moments photo by Andrea Taylor

"Meredith Meredith" wrote: If you value something, make it part of your life. If you value music, play music, listen to musi...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Human brains are voracious and will feed on whatever is available. Unschoolers should be offering interestin...