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I'm not part of his mission

So I'm just your normal, every day, non-religious homeschooling parent. I'm a bit liberal in areas, a bit libertarian in others, and maybe a bit conservative in a few fiscal areas. Then I come across this: ...
2013-01-23   [Permalink] #school  

Non-conventional diets

Many of my friends and acquaintances fall into the "non-conventional diet" bucket (by "diet" I mean way of eating, not necessarily a weight loss diet). I'm generally OK with that. I don't see much evidence for most of it, but mostly I don't worry about what other people eat or don't eat. I myself have tread down the non-conventional path a few times. ...
2013-01-17   [Permalink]

Call me unimpressed

Every few weeks I'll see someone mention/promote some new documentary which promises to solve America's health and/or weight problems. These "documentaries" are all quite similar and follow a simple format: Step one: Find several fat and unhealthy people who eat the "Standard American Diet". Step two: Get them to eat a different diet and to exercise. Step three: Incredibly, they lose weight and improve their overall health! Step four: Profit. ...
2012-12-29   [Permalink]

Rules I (try to) follow

This is list of rules I try to follow when interacting with kids. These are not peer-reviewed child-raising techniques, just little odds and ends I've read, heard, observed, or thought. Some are undoubtedly pseudo-psychology. Some are probably hippie-talk nonsense. Some of them might be helpful, some useless, and maybe some are actually harmful. Maybe they're all meaningless, I don't know. I'm mostly talking out of my ass here, but I think they could be important, so I'm sharing. ...
2012-12-27   [Permalink] #parenting   #gender  

The magic socialization of public school

It's odd. In the past few weeks I've received several strange real-life comments from real-life people. Some worried about all the "socialization" my homschooled daughter could miss. Others said something like "homeschooling is OK as long as you ensure the children are properly socialized". And "I knew this one person who was homeschooled and he was so shy and had no idea how to act in social situations!" ...
2012-12-08   [Permalink] #school  

Craft engineering

I put together an event for our local homeschool group. The general idea is that kids can try their hand at building stuff. I called it "Craft Engineering". The original idea was to build bridges or towers, but because the ages ranged from 3 up to 12, and because I didn't want to prescribe how to build the things, the kids built pretty much what they wanted. Oh, and it wasn't a competition, just a fun time. ...
2012-12-07   [Permalink] #school  

Chimp Math

I whipped up a quick math game for my daughter. Not very flashy at the moment, but it has chimpanzees. Chimp math ...
2012-11-15   [Permalink] #school  

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