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A Parenting Reality Check 0
- Family, MomThink
- September 30, 2024
Once again, readers, I. MUST. RANT. Why? I … just heard from a mom trying to get two other families to let their kids play with her kids in her yard for an hour a week. Unsupervised. AN HOUR A WEEK. She lives on a quiet street in quiet suburb in a quiet state. Classic
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Is There a Worldwide ‘Childcare Crisis’?2
- Family, MomThink
- September 25, 2024
Reports of a “childcare crisis” are bubbling up across America and across the globe. In Texas, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia, Nevada, Florida, Oregon, Arizona, North Dakota, California, Maine, and just about every other state you can think of, “childcare crisis” headlines are trending. The same is true in the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, and elsewhere. So, are there simultaneous childcare
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On Conquering White Whales: Stemming the Tide of Cultural Ignorance 7
- Education, Featured, MomThink
- September 24, 2024
Once upon a time, Moby Dick was required reading for American high schoolers. It is, after all, arguably, one of the greatest American novels ever penned. Sadly, most students today will never read Moby Dick, and sadder still, neither have, nor will, their teachers. There is something uniquely sublime about the great beast of the
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Life, Death, and Joy in Autumn 6
- Culture, Featured, MomThink
- September 23, 2024
“It sounds fantastic to say that one can be enamored of a season, but that is something like what happened.” —C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy Whenever I listen to people describing Autumn, there are differing opinions but similar observations. Some dread the season because it means the ending of the vibrant summer, others because it
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Make America Healthy Again?6
- Culture, Featured, MomThink
- September 20, 2024
Nearly 50 percent of American children and almost three-quarters of adult Americans are obese or overweight. Forty percent of 18-year-olds have a diagnosed mental health issue. Autism incidence has risen from 1 in 150 to 1 in 36 since 2000—in California it is 1 in 22. Americans aren’t just sick. They’re being destroyed. That’s the
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Not Every Child Needs a Diagnosis (And What To Do Instead)8
- Education, MomThink
- September 20, 2024
I recently had the opportunity to attend a homeschool resource fair at a small local school for the arts in my hometown. Every classroom and corridor was filled with tables covered in information about homeschool co-ops, clubs, private classes and teachers. Everything from ballet to robotics, art, woodworking, and every conceivable academic approach were represented
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