Homeschool Perk--Getting the playground all to ourselves!
Along with our unexpected pregnancy, we have also been gestating another new little life these past few months: the life of a homeschooling family (or maybe we are more technically an “unschooling” family).
As the back-to-school frenzy surrounded us here in our part of the country, our school year had already been in session for nearly a month. We didn’t have to buy a thing to get started. There were no uniforms to buy, no back-to-school haircuts, no competing with the mom next to me at The Big Box Store to get my hands on the very last purple glitter pencil box*
Let me tell you about our first day of homeschooling this year: Continue reading 'Why We Have Decided to Homeschool'»
Staying Connected with Bug
I’m a parent educator. I’m a mom of four. I am an advocate for all things AP. I should be able to handle this. So, what the heck am I doing wrong? These are the thoughts running through my head at the grocery store the other day. The store is being remodeled. It is glaringly bright, noisy and busy. The aisles are a crazy maze of disorganization. I have little six month old T-Bird in a sling, while five year old Bug is doing her best to keep up with me, behave, and be curious. The inarticulate wonk wonk wonk of the store manager is blaring out of the announcement system and competing with the world’s most annoying Muzak. All of this is completely grinding on my very last nerve. Continue reading 'Whose Kid Was That?'»
Attachment Parenting, Babywearing, Family Life, Parenting In Public, Positive Discipline, Respond With Sensitivity
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AP Under Stress, Bug, Connection Parenting, Family Life, Handling Tantrums, Pam Leo, Public Parenting, Respond With Sensitivity, T-Bird
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