Homeschooling an intense 11-year-old has its wry moments. To say our last son at home “enjoys physical activity” would be an understatement. He’s also extremely competitive, and our family works hard to keep competition in a healthy perspective. He spends hours playing soccer, working out, doing gymnastics, dancing capoeira, doing flips at the pool and on the trampoline, [...]
Family and Home Network’s executive director Cathy Myers is offering a good deal on good books (I own them all!) for nonprofits. Cathy explains:
Our books are not-so-new any more, and that affects sales. But hey – parenting doesn’t change all that fast, and these books still offer lots of great information, support, and laughs. We [...]
Today I’m deep in editing articles for the magazine. A time consuming bit is dealing with getting companies’ names, products and trademarks the way companies want them. Checking each company website and correcting or confirming the proper usage can be tedious, but it’s something editors do.
Among today’s discoveries and confirmations are these: LEGO(R) is always all caps [...]
I’m launching into blogging again, and this time I’m also launching my 11-year-old son into blogging. A lot of homeschooled kids are blogging.
