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Your Teen Needs to Be Nurtured
  • March 19, 2023
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Your Teen Needs to Be Nurtured

We are firmly into the teenager stage now. The time everyone warned us about. Teenagers are difficult, teenagers hate their parents, teenagers […]

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50 Ways to Calm down and Regroup When Parenting Feels Hard
  • August 5, 2019
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50 Ways to Calm down and Regroup When Parenting Feels Hard

The hardest part of parenting is probably controlling our own reactions, right? Our frustrations, our big feelings. How many of us were […]

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How to Handle Demanding Children
  • August 5, 2018
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How to Handle Demanding Children

“GET ME SOME FOOD!” my 4-year-old yells from the lounge room like it’s the 15th time she’s asked for something and I’m […]

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Parenting Without Punishment: What DO you do?
  • January 24, 2016
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Parenting Without Punishment: What DO you do?

I knew from pretty early on as a parent that I would definitely not be doing things like ‘controlled crying’ or smacking […]

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Everyday Parenting: Snatching and Sharing
  • January 11, 2016
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Everyday Parenting: Snatching and Sharing

This post is part of a series documenting everyday respectful parenting moments. Reading real life parenting examples inspires me. I also find […]

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Why I Don’t Like Play Based Learning
Homeschooling / Unschooling
Why I Don’t Like Play Based Learning
We Need to Talk About Childism
Parenting
We Need to Talk About Childism
10 Things to Say Instead of ‘Stop Crying’
Parenting
10 Things to Say Instead of ‘Stop Crying’
School is Unnecessary
Homeschooling / Unschooling
School is Unnecessary
What Is Unschooling?
Homeschooling / Unschooling
What Is Unschooling?
Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up
Parenting
Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up
8 Reasons NOT to Give Kids a Bedtime
Parenting
8 Reasons NOT to Give Kids a Bedtime
The Socialization Homeschooled Kids Don’t Get
Homeschooling
The Socialization Homeschooled Kids Don’t Get
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Yesterday our house was filled with creativity, la
Yesterday our house was filled with creativity, laughter, singing, and yummy food. We hosted a little teens Galantines gathering for a few of the girls friends.

Cookie decorating, and then watching a rom-com together.

A little encouragement from me today to celebrate things. Anything at all! Host a little gathering, or just involve your own family in a random little celebration. You can find lots of opportunities to do this.

Homeschooling is meant to be fun. It doesn't have to be all sitting down for serious learning time. In fact, it doesn't have to be much of that at all. It looks more like life. Like sprinkling fun and spontaneity through our weeks. Like learning things because you're interested in them and doing them in your own enjoyable way. Like building community and creating memories.

It's not supposed to be dull and boring. If it is, it's time to shake things up!

And if you want help with that, I share lots of ideas for celebrating, exploring new ideas, creating connecting rituals, and learning interesting things. Just comment INSPIRE and I'll DM you the details.

Happy Valentines Day!


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