Posted inChildren
How to Help Kids Get By With Less TV and Video Game Use
We will never be a TV free family. We enjoy our televisions and our gaming consoles here. We also have smart phones, tablets, and rokus. These are modern luxuries that…
Posted inparenting
Why Minimalist Parenting?
What is it about being an attached family that lends itself to a minimalist parenting style? Are you criticized by others wondering why your children don’t “have the hottest new…
Posted inA Green Home
Leave Your Shoes by the Door
A source of clutter my in my home that has long bothered me is the shoe rack inside our door. Rather than tucking the shoes neatly inside an available space…
Posted inHomeschool
What Do Kids Really Learn in Public Schools?
(My daughter in an Amish schoolhouse) I have written much about homeschooling versus public schooling. I have done both and each has advantages and disadvantages. I pretty much allow my…
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Kids Books That Teach Tolerance
Over the past week or so a few comments made by one of my children and certain current events (Prop 8 trial) made me think we need to spend some…