Thank you friends for your input and advice! Last night the boys told me that there were things that I was doing that were making them upset. They were, in this order: 1. Not letting them go onto You Tube2. Telling Iain “no” when he asks to go to GameStop3. Not buying them toys. My parents would have been offended…
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It had to happen
Filed Under: meltdowns, parenting, unschooling
Things were going along so smoothly here. All was copacetic in our little world, until yesterday. See, the kids have this obsession with You Tube and especially with any movies made about Mario and Luigi. Well, the problem is, as you can well imagine, some kids and grownups make these characters say and do some obscene things. Stuff I would…
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Adventures in learning at the grocery store
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Yesterday was my brother-in-law’s 21st birthday and my sister and her hubby were having a cookout to celebrate it. The boys and I had to run to the store to pick up some things she had forgotten earlier in the day. When we walked into the cart garage, we were greeted by a display that featured a Scavenger Hunt for…
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Spelling
Filed Under: spelling, unschooling
Yesterday when we were leaving the grocery store, Iain and Ryan were discussing the word “broken”. For some reason, Iain felt inspired to spell it. Let me reiterate a point I’ve made here before, spelling has not historically been Iain’s strong suit. When he was in school, we would study for his weekly test and when he came home the…
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Ummm…I have a blog on the side
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Check out my new blog. Okay so there’s only one post there. Big Deal. 🙂 I’m going to update it tomorrow. It’s in the roughest of stages so I appreciate your patience.
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