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From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Grappling with the spirited child

February 28, 2008

In the wake of my last post about tantrums, I: – read all the comments – visited Rio’s doctor, who said she thinks Rio is a perfectly normal three-year-old – acquired and began reading some books about parenting: Raising your Spirited Child is without doubt the best book on parenting I have ever read. I’m [...]

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Dealing with bad behavior from kids

February 11, 2008

Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you are the parent of a very active three-year-old. One is prone to occassional mild tantrums. Where by occassional I mean two or three times a day and by mild I mean kicking, screaming and throwing things for ten or twenty minutes. Let’s say she’s also prone to somewhat more intense [...]

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Vampire Baby!

February 7, 2008

Serena conquers the duck, originally uploaded by MzMuze. Some of you may recall that in November I dreamed Serena turned into a vampire. At the time I was searching for meaning in the dream by exploring how it might relate to life decisions I was struggling with and larger themes in my psyche. Today, I [...]

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still not starting my own school, but…

February 7, 2008

am interested in getting a Spanish class going for preschoolers, if anyone is interested. I have a curriculum and a native-speaking adult and am working on dragging in as well. (also realized that Rio spent the day away from home today and I felt SO much better at the end of the day than I [...]

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Why I do not plan to start my own cooperative homeschool

February 7, 2008

Almost everyone I know who does not already have school age kids has suggested this to me. On the surface it makes sense; I know a lot of progressive, educated families with young kids who have limited cash, a parent at home full time and a desire to spare their kids the difficulties of public [...]

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School Days

February 7, 2008

My firstborn is still a baby, of course, who could not possibly need to go to school. Yet there seems to be some mysterious, active, bright kid living in my house who wants an education. Funny how that happens. So I’m trying to decide where this mysterious being should go to school. I know a [...]

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