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In a social group, if a mom gets comfortable, she can spend years just chatting with those other moms without paying much attention to...

If a family thinks that "having no junk food" in the house will ensure a child's health for eight or nine decades, they ...

Sue Elvis wrote: Gradually I was discovering what was really important. And bit by bit, I rejected anything that led us away from that ...

a mom named Lisa wrote: There is plenty of value in TV/movies. It's as much of a dream world for kids as books (if not more). I ...

Joyce Fetteroll, in an interview: "A rich environment" is everything, not just what’s in the house, but the stuff that fam...

What I said to friends who worried when we started was simply this: "If it stops working we'll do something else." ...

Karen James wrote: Freedom is a lovely word. It’s a huge concept. It has a very meaningful place in our society. It is important to a...

A person can only "refuse" what is demanded, maybe, the same way a child can only rebel against something that is required a...

"Yesterday" in 2004: I still see "subject areas" everywhere, but I haven't taught those categories and prej...

Create an environment filled with exploration and fun, so that learning will happen. Parent should learn enough about learning to c...

Sarah Anderson-Thimmes wrote: TV topics are a great conversation link between my kids and schooled kids. They can talk about favori...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: Don't worry if you don't know the answers. Anyone can look up the answers. Few can ask the questions. ...

Me, 2005: If the parent can come to think before acting, so can the child.     "Wait. That's Holly's. Do you want anot...

My favourite response of Ethan's to many questions that are geared to have one right answer is "It depends." I used to t...

Deb Lewis wrote: Learning is so easy, even cavemen did it. 🙂 Shell beads found in Algeria and Israel have been dated to 10...

I was just as tall when I took a few steps over for a clearer view. Young children are not as tall, and what they see w...

There is something warmly attractive about children's toys and books, even if they're not our own. Toys in every room photo...

A mom named Angela wrote: A gentler touch with ourselves, and others, is the best way for genuine improvement. You can’t yell at a ca...

Jen Keefe wrote: Getting to know my kids and subsequently all the amazingly cool "nerdy" things I never would have learned abo...

Someone had written that she had the urge to tell her daughters to do something more productive than playing My Little Ponies. Others ...