Being near without crowding my children
hippiemommy
As an AP parent, I think I am constantly trying to figure out the balance between being there for my kids vs. crowding my kids and not giving them a…
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Queen Bees and Wannabes…
<br /> I came to a disturbing revelation today. I was a queen bee. As I was browsing through the library, I saw a copy of Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees…
Outside time
Sorry for the delay in entries! Last Monday night I prayed that God would help me balance my time. When I woke up Tuesday, my computer was dead Lucky me,…
The punitive mindset
Although I have spent plenty of time trying to explain it, I still find that many of my friends (the non-GBD kind) don’t see how coming from a punitive mindset…
Wicca’s Charm
In the future, I hope to write a critique of this work, but I think I’ll save that until I’m done I think I see some weaknesses and flaws in…
Families Where Grace Is In Place – Chapter 1
We’ve just started this book for my group, and I thought it’d be nice to share some of my thoughts. I can definitely see how my actions fall into the…
Descriptive Praise
http://aolff.org/ I’ve been devouring my way through Crystal Lutton’s Biblical Parenting this week. I have known Crystal for quite a while, so I feel like I’m doing this backwards, but…
Kids and Chores
This is a topic that I’ve been thinking about quite a bit recently. We’ve never had any kind of formal chore charts for our kids, but they are always happy…
The importance of time spent outside
I think my mom was naturally very Charlotte-Mason-minded I’ve started working my way through Home Education, and I am really loving it. I am realizing how much my mom focused…
Cleaning Naturally
When I first started reading about all of the dangers of the harsh chemicals that I was using for cleaning, I was overwhelmed by all of the choices out there.…
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