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Betting on Homeschooling and Microschooling 3
- Culture, Education, Featured, MomThink
- December 27, 2024
I have spent the past thirty-five years creating small, highly-personalized schools where students flourish. I have, if you will, bet my life on the value of these schools—microschools before they became a thing. Over the course of that time, I’ve seen hundreds of children who were anxious, depressed—sometimes even suicidal—become happy and well within weeks
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4 New Year’s Resolutions to Help Revive the West 1
- Culture, Featured, MomThink, Western Civilization
- December 26, 2024
As I look back on 2024, I see many green shoots giving me hope for Western Civilization. The United States Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a ban on the castration and mutilation of minors. European nations have begun counting the cost of unchecked immigration and are recovering their sense of national identity, security, and
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It’s All About the Baby 1
- Culture, Featured, MomThink, Religion
- December 23, 2024
I have a confession to make: We barely decorated for Christmas this year. The extent of our festive furnishings is a humble 15-inch plastic tree in the middle of our kitchen table. How did it come to this? Let me start by saying I love Christmas, and I generally approach the season with an all-in
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The Myth of the Pagan Origins of Christmas 5
- Featured, MomThink, Religion
- December 23, 2024
It’s generally accepted that early Christians adopted December 25th as the day of Christ’s birth to co-opt the pagan celebration of the winter solstice. Some believe this fact undermines Christianity. But according to Professor William Tighe, this “fact” may actually be a myth. Based on his extensive research, Tighe argues that the December 25th date “arose entirely
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Why I Gave Up Latin, and How It Changed My Life 31
- Education, Featured, MomThink
- December 20, 2024
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 You Should Talk to People You Disagree With About Politics 19
- Culture, Featured, MomThink, Politics
- December 19, 2024
If you talked to friends or family about politics over Thanksgiving, you might not have changed each other’s minds. But don’t be discouraged – and consider talking with them again as the holiday season continues. As a scholar of political dialogue, for the past decade I have been studying conversations between people who disagree about politics. What
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