(Editor’s note: please welcome Rebecca’s suggestions for lessons in morality that we can all use. Thanks, Rebecca!) Every parent should groom his or her kid into a sensible and responsible human being in whom virtues far outweigh the vices. Parents should initiate imparting moral lessons to their kids from a very young age as it [...]

(Editor’s note: please welcome Marina, writing about child development and play. Thanks Marina!) One of the biggest differences I have noticed in children today and in children of let’s say, my time, is in the way we play. While we still have kids who run around the playground and get in to a sandbox, the [...]

Hello, Heroes! I’m so excited to be able to give away a 4Gb Flip Video camera, courtesy of T Rowe Price and The Great Piggybank Adventure! How amazing is that? I love giveaways. I wrote about The Great Piggybank Adventure here. In addition to the camera, our lucky winner will get 4 copies of the [...]

(Editor’s note: Today’s guest post is courtesy of Lloyd Burrell, who has suggestions for office space for children. Thanks, Lloyd!) In essence a home school office is a well-designed, but simple, workspace for the kids. This area can be small or large, but it has to be functional. That means even if its a room [...]

Last May the boys and I went to the city to visit a museum and we walked over to the fish ladder. When we returned to the van we were horrified to discover a parking ticket on the windshield. I’d checked the signs and parked in what I thought was a legal spot. Turns out, [...]

I don’t remember if I have told you lately about my frustration levels. They’ve been rather high. We started school almost 4 weeks ago, and it took me all of 2 days to announce that this is the last year I’m planning to keep the older boys at home. On top of that, I gave [...]