Just Add Light and Stir

a mom wrote: I like how you wrote that I need to be my child's partner not the program's partner. I will listen to my child ...

About how to help kids follow their interests: Sometimes help is just encouragement or acknowledgment, but sometimes it might need t...

I think parents only have so many vetos they can use with their kids before the kids start ignoring them, and I think maybe those vetos sh...

Life's too short to sugar-coat everything, I think. . . . . I suppose I'll just keep being honest until I get tired of it ...

Someone said one time that she counts to ten and then she's still mad so what should she do, and a couple of people said "Count s...

To have more peace, it helps to know what is NOT peace, so those harsh states can be avoided. Outrage is not healthy for unschooling par...

This photo is the background for the word "DAY" on the Learn Nothing Day logo. "It helps a lot to try for better moments...

Some statements are too definite. Sunshine melts snow. It depends. It depends how cold it is otherwise, and how long the sun shines. Th...

"I'm amazed at not only the change in me but also how the little changes in our family form random, occasional pockets...

"Add light" can notch us up into the... lighter light. It's not just sunshine that's light. There is firelight, candlel...

Conditions aren't always ideal. Parents have histories, kids have genetics, sometimes it's summer and sometimes it's ...

I cannot make my children's lives good. I can't ensure their success. I cannot make a tree grow. I can water it and put a barrier ne...

"When you have a bad moment, admit it. Move on." —Sarah Anderson-Thimmes SandraDodd.com/beginning photo by Sandra Dodd ...

Peace, like learning, is largely internal. Mother Teresa could have found a more peaceful place than Calcutta, but she was helping pe...

Fewer folks farm than used to. It's understandable. Even without a farm, though, what's planted might grow. What is tended thr...

Deb Lewis wrote: Figure out what would help you the most and make the changes to make it happen. Maybe that means putting a garba...

Life is made of little moments. A good life is made of moments seen and appreciated. SandraDodd.com/moment photo by Meghan Pawlowski