Posts by Luckiestgirl

I'm going to recommend that you check out the excellent A Blog About School: http://www.ablogaboutschool.blogspot.com   There you will see that the focus on rules and behavior management has become the central focus of many...

We've had frustrations with some items being left on the floor and broken, and we can usually resolve these problems by reconfiguring our storage arrangements.  For example, my youngest would pull a bunch of things off the shelf...

Take a deep breath.  You have time--more time than you think you have.  So much can change in one year, though it's impossible to know which things will be the ones to change.   I would read some, watch some, and...

Interesting comments about training wheels.  I completely agree, and if I'd known then what I know now, we would have avoided them entirely.  It's kind of like how dh and I started our parenting journey with a bassinet, a...

Just wanted to say that in our house, what you are calling the "no excuse" tasks are somewhat negoitable.  Granted, we are homeschoolers with a more flexible schedule, but I'm wondering how much flexibility you are giving your...

Of course people come here to discuss issues.  There has been much valuable discussion of HSLDA and homeschooling in this thread.    Mothering is a place for support and discussion of topics related to natural family...

In the Learning at Home forum, I posted about The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)'s efforts to promote spanking as a "parent's rights" issue.   My post was a warning to homeschoolers that if they belong to HSLDA,...

Certainly some unschoolers are more hands-off than others.  I'm very involved with my children, constantly gauging their interests, passions, frustrations, etc.  It's a lot of work, and often the most exhausting part of...

teastaigh,   Thank you for your lovely post.  I am familiar with Gentle Christian Mothers and realize that there is a very definite anti-spanking segment of Christian homeschoolers.  It is also worth noting that the...

She may be a bit too young for this, but maybe not . . . what about those pot holder weaving looms?  My daughter could do the weaving at age six, and now at age seven, she can also finish off the sides with the crochet hook. ...