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Why Homeschool?
LIKE most parents, I had always looked forward to the day when my children would finally enter school. During those early years of infancy and toddlerhood, when mothering feels like such a full-time job, I would assure myself that I would have a glimpse of my old life back …
Road Scholars: Teach Your Kids While You’re Driving
Given how much time the average parent spends driving their kids around, its a bit of a surprise that more people arent into carschooling. The concept, the subject of a book published five years ago by homeschooling authority, columnist and author Diane Flynn Keith (www.homefires.com …
How to Be a Relaxed Parent
“Honey, guess what I’m pregnant!” No sooner have you finished jumping for joy over your blue EPT test than you start stressing about having a baby. Questions cloud your mind: Will I be up to the task? Will I be able to breast-feed? …
Dating When You’ve Got Kids: 12 Tips for Single Moms
Dating with kids can be challenging. And that?s whether you?re recently divorced or you?ve already endured two years? worth of Starbucks dates, and whether your kids are two or twenty-two. But your children can also be helpful in your quest to hook up, especially if you recognize their wisdom …
The Modern Mom Book Club’s Pick of the Month: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
With over 10-million book club members across the country, 90% of them women, it would seem as if every modern mom would already be in a book group. And yet, almost every day, I run into a harried mom at the supermarket, school, or the gym and she says …