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Inventory your own tools. What do you already know that can make you a more peaceful parent? What tricks and skills can you bring into yo...

When someone recommends turning full on toward the child, that means don't keep reading your newspaper or your computer screen. Pause...

Paul McCartney was doing okay musically without knowing musical notation. I would hate to even start to imagine how many potential musi...

Fireworks, candles and seasonal decorations create glowing moments marking the passing of time. None of them will last, but your memories...

Probably in every culture there are ceremonial and social meals. There are times when eating food with other people creates or strengthe...

Sometimes an experience is brief, but memorable. Rather than big lessons, think of small moments that spark thoughts. Playing with a spa...

'Tis the season for miniatures and lights, of nostalgia and sharing. Be warm, and help light up the world around you. Every l...

Karen James wrote: I do my best to be the best mom and unschooler I can be - for myself, for my son and for my husband - with the knowl...

Dear subscribers: Thank you for your patience while Vlad is building a mailing program around us. The new format is beautiful and full of li...

BE light, don't block light. SandraDodd.com/light photo by Sarah Dickinson

Sensational / Sensation / Senses Color, texture, scent. Sound. Taste. Let your days be sensational. Disposable Checklists for Unsch...

This photo is from another year.           I'm glad the sheep had a cookie.                    It's glorious t...

Learn Nothing Day begins circling the world soon, from one midnight to another, from New Zealand through Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, ...

You won't "deprogram" yourself by clinging to school stuff. Until you see learning where school stuff is not, you...

Birthday breakfast!!! 🎉🎉🎉 "Mama! You made it a 5! AND it's a pancake?! With M&M's???! THANK YOU MAMA!!! This is th...

Some moms are more afraid of the candy than they are of scary ghosts and monsters. Have a sweet life. SandraDodd.co...

I expected my children to learn, and they did. What surprised me was their ease at dealing with people of all ages, from younger children to...

It's fun to be on the lookout for art in unexpected places. Sometimes people purposely make art and hide it, for kids to find. Find a...

Learn to see your child not as an ideal or a model or the memory of what a child should be like from their childhood, but as ...

Be sweet. Appreciate sweetness. Smile. SandraDodd.com/eating/sweets photo by Erika Ellis