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  • Why I Love Homeschooling Our Eight Kids

    Why I Love Homeschooling Our Eight Kids6

    This year I will graduate my first homeschooler. It seems like only yesterday I was teaching our oldest child to read, and now she’s an adult taking college courses. For the last 14 years I’ve been knee-deep in educating our eight children, recently as many as five grade levels at a time, in a one-room

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  • Why I Love Flying With My Children

    Why I Love Flying With My Children0

    Vacation season is upon us. That means parents all over America are losing sleep worrying about the question: How do I survive air travel with my kids? New parents in particular tremble at the prospect of their first flight with baby. Here’s my advice to them: Relax! Flying with kids is actually not that big

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  • Why I Gave Up Latin, and How It Changed My Life

    Why I Gave Up Latin, and How It Changed My Life189

    In the homeschool arena where I grew up, knowledge of Latin was considered the hallmark of a well-educated child. As a mother who now is immersed in homeschool and private school social circles, I hear Latin’s praises sung on a regular basis, especially, and understandably, in those families and groups with classical approaches to learning.

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  • Why I Don’t Trust the Medical System

    Why I Don’t Trust the Medical System18

    After dragging my feet for more than half a decade, I begrudgingly made a clinic appointment for a physical this year. Checking in and talking with a nurse, I then waited alone in the doctor’s examination room, daring to pull down my mandated mask. But then the doctor entered—wearing a pin listing her pronouns—and she

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  • Why I Don’t Apologize for Letting My Children Play Freely

    Why I Don’t Apologize for Letting My Children Play Freely0

    At a park near my house on a hot summer day, my five-year-old and two-year-old discover the water fountain. They make a game of splashing water out and stomping in the puddle with their bare feet. Other young children try to join in, but parent after parent says “no” and takes them away, sometimes in

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  • Why I Don’t Say ‘OK Boomer’

    Why I Don’t Say ‘OK Boomer’0

    • November 25, 2019

    If you spend any time on the internet or time with those who do, you’ve probably heard the phrase “OK Boomer” by now. Perhaps you’ve been OK-Boomered yourself, or maybe you’ve OK-Boomered somebody else. The meme is one of the most popular things being discussed right now, and for good reason. “OK Boomer” is a

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