Category: parenting
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Beyond Girl Power: Raising Daughters in a Lonely World
Last year we threw a party for our daughter’s 7th birthday. When I asked her who she wanted to invite, the people at the top of her list were her 17-year-old, 14-year-old, and 4-year-old sisters’ friends, right along with her own. At first I laughed and said she had to limit her invitations to girls…
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Our Homeschool Plans for Fall 2025: Group Subjects for Combined Ages
Here are the classes I’m looking forward to most in 2025-2026 — our group subjects!
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There’s No Such Thing as an Unnecesarean: Lessons From My 2 C-Sections
I needed to see what those birth experiences had given me, instead of fixating on what they had taken away.
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A Tribute to Monotony
” It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them.”
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The Disconnect Dilemma: A Case for Delaying Your Child’s First Phone
Somehow, these tools that were intended to keep people connected can also lead to loneliness.
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Trust Is Dangerous
As parents, how do we know when to listen to our fears and when to push past them?
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Reflections on Homeschooling (and Raising) Boys
Everyone used to tell us, “Just wait until you have boys.”
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Stay Dangerous
“Stay safe!” my kids said in unison as I headed out the door one morning to work. They may have said this to me before and my mind had just glided over the common farewell, but today it caught me.
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