Posts by julie128

I just came across an article about the incredibly high suicide rate in China.  It made me think of suicide among teens in America.  What do you think is the rate of suicide among homeschooled teens vs school-schooled...

"That's okay.  I still love you."    If you can say that without feeling angry at having been told "I hate you," please let me know!  Still, I think it's a good response. 

My grandmother was 17; my mother was 16; I was 15.  Neither of my girls has started menstruating yet; they are 11 and 9.  I have a feeling, based on body development, that the 11 y.o. will be just a little over 13 when she...

At the time of my original post, I had not brought up the subject of homeschooling with DD.  When I did, she said that she had been thinking about it, but was afraid to bring it up.    I got The Everything...

If breastfeeding in public is comparable to urinating in public, then bottle feeding in public is comparable to waving around a dildo in public.    The other comparison I hear is that breastfeeding is incest.  If...

DD is having a rough time of middle school.  While she is getting good grades, she is not doing well socially, and the constant struggle over homework completion has taken a toll on our family life.  Also, she does not like...

A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry.  Excellent book. It's about a girl whose older sister is diagnosed with cancer, leukemia, if I remember correctly.  I've read it 3 times, at 3 stages of my life, and always, always loved...

My brother wet the bed until he was 14, and I wrote a 20 page paper on the subject in college.  There are quite a few books on the subject; I suggest getting ALL the books your library has and seeing what will work.  I have...

My ten year old daughter likes The Period Book.  It's pretty beaten up from how many times she's read it. 

Totally normal.  I did it as a kid.  I wouldn't freak out if my kid did it.  As long as the kids are both young, and no one is being coerced, which is unlikely.