One of the most frequent conversations among my unschool leaning homeschooling friends is the question of when to push a kid to the next level. Maybe nudge is a better word. No one is advocating standing over a child with a wrist-slapping ruler at the ready, but we have all, at one time or another, […]
Raising Your Spirited Child* by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka The subtitle for this gem of a book is “A guide for parents whose child is more: intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, energetic.” If you have a child that fits this description, you must get your hands on a copy of this book. I have a little one […]
Why “The Least of These?” I think when most people hear this passage from Mark, they think of the poor, the down trodden, the lepers, the forgotten. But as a parent, when I hear the words “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink,” I can’t […]
The Least of These 