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July 2011 Blog Posts (3)

Mother Knows Best?

Well, my mother has finally learned that we have decided NOT to put our son through the craziness that is public school. She is understanding, but always seems to have some judgements about what I am doing. I didn't ask for her input on purpose because I already knew her opinion on the matter. She is worried because my son 'doesn't have any friends already' and I work full time, and my husband works near… Continue

Added by AmyLK on July 28, 2011 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments

Baby steps

Last night was another sleepless night. Between pain and a running mind I found it impossible to sleep. So what was on my mind, you ask. Well I think I have been trying to jump in with both feet into unschooling and doing great for a day when I'm not in pain and feeling great then the next day what happens? I end up back on the couch in pain and everything go back to the old way and I have yet once again failed. So I was thinking maybe if I just took baby steps every day then maybe I wouldn't… Continue

Added by Amanda Mendenhall on July 26, 2011 at 11:12am — 1 Comment

Competition vs. Cooperation

My 6 yr. old went to vacation bible day camp. She loves big social events, enjoys the crafts, and they preach good ideas mostly. Each day the children are to bring handfuls of coins to raise money for a charity. The girls put their money in the pink bucket and the boys put their money in the blue bucket. Then at the end of the night they see if boys or girls brought the most money. It's done by weight of coins. One pastor gets slimed if the girls win and the other gets slimed if…

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Added by Kaed Family on July 12, 2011 at 12:51pm — 2 Comments